News

Tibet/China Confluences
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - Sunday, May 23, 2010.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

"The Carpenter gallery is usually home to Chinese paintings, of which
the Museum of Fine Arts holds one of the world’s great collections. The
current exhibition is a departure. It does feature some Chinese
paintings, but it also includes works from Tibet. Since the fourteenth
century, Chinese and Tibetan art have engaged in a vigorous and
mutually sustaining dialogue, each side learning from and influencing
the other. "Tibet/China Confluences" explores that dialogue."

"Tibetan
paintings first appeared in China in large numbers during the
fourteenth century. Their vibrant colors, intense imagery, and bold
compositions attracted Chinese viewers, and Chinese painters began to
borrow aspects of Tibetan style. In turn, Tibetan painters emulated the
sensitive naturalism of the Chinese tradition—botanical paintings and
landscapes in particular. The resulting works are sometimes called
"Sino-Tibetan" or "Tibeto-Chinese," reflecting the fact that the
traditions are often so closely interwoven as to constitute new, hybrid
styles.

With support from the June N. and John C. Robinson Fund for Chinese Paintings in Honor of Marjorie C. Nordblom."

To learn more about the image above visit the MFA Boston Gallery on the HAR website and view image number #87211 for Panjarnata Mahakala. Also see the Mahakala Resource Page, Panjarnata Outline Page and a selection of Panjarnata Masterworks.