Tears Flooding the Autumnal Fields (also known as Tear Drops On the Harvest Land) is an oil painting completed in 1976 by the Chinese artist Chen Danqing.[1][2] It depicts Tibetans crying as they listen to the news of Mao Zedong’s death on the radio in harvest of a wheat field.[2]
Tears Flooding the Autumnal Fields | |
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Artist | Chen Danqing |
Year | 1976 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 164 cm × 235 cm (65 in × 93 in)[1] |
Location | Private collection |
References
edit- ^ a b "Tears Flooding the Autumnal Fields". The Huntington Archive. Ohio State University. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b Button, Clicking This (March 19, 1998). "A China spectacular". The Economist. Retrieved May 26, 2016.