Blending poetry with calligraphy
and painting, the artists followed
where the brush led

Chi Un-yong
(1852-1935)
Standing Portrait of Su Tung-p'o

The artist's silk scroll imitates another artist's portrait of this 11th-century scholar, one of the first Northern Sung literati and a frequent painter of ink bamboo. Portrayed here in ink and clean, light colors, the scholar was typically shown with bamboo hat, wooden clogs, and cane.