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Flowers of Autumn and Winter
Suzuki Kiitsu (Japanese, 1796-1858)
19th century
- Medium
- Six panel screen; ink, colors and gold leaf on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- 72.4 × 207.6 cm (28 9/16 × 81 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- Japan
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Miss Faith Wyatt
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This screen was likely originally paired with another that would have featured spring and summer flowers. Here autumnal flowers (bush clover, morning glories, pinks, and hibiscus) are arranged like a bouquet in the center of the screen. Winter plants such as narcissus, nanten berries, and a stalk with shriveled beans are featured on the left. By placing the lowest-lying plants in the upper right, the artist gave the composition a sense of depth, as though the viewer is looking into a garden.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
