Poetry Party at Orchid Pavilion – (Ike Taiga) Previous Next


Artist:

Museum: Shimane Art Museum (Matsue-Shi, Japan)

Technique: Paper

This is a composition that depicts the Chinese man of letters Wang Xizhi meeting 41 men of letters at the Orchid Pavilion on Mount Xianglu and composing poetry while facing a meandering stream. It is a subject that was especially popular in the Southern School of Chinese painting. The piece expresses trees, rocks, and people with unconstrained strokes, colors with a sense of transparency, and soft dotting, features characteristic of Taiga. In the upper left of the picture,

This artwork is in the public domain.

Artist

Download

Click here to download

Permissions

Free for non commercial use. See below.

Public domain

This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. However - you may not use this image for commercial purposes and you may not alter the image or remove the watermark.

This applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.


Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement that rule of the shorter term.