Woman Playing Lute

Woman Playing a Lute

While this musical instrument has been around for almost 2000 years in China, this girl is obviously a bit younger.

This depicts a woman playing a traditional Chinese "pi pa" which is known as a lute in western countries.

Her two cats seem to enjoy the music as she sings and strums away into the evening while she awaits her husband's arrival.

The woman's clothing suggests that she might be from the era of the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911).

About the artist...

This work is by Qian Li-Qun (who also paints under the pen name Yian Ren). He was born in 1954 and started his career as an artist in 1978. He lives in Xin Long which is a small town in Hebei Province in Northern China.

About the artwork...

This style of Chinese art combines the elements of abstract and modern art, while maintaining a flair of folk art as well.
Certainly this style is in a category all of its own.

Material used in this work is known as "shui fen" in Chinese (paint powder and water - similar to gouache).

Because this is a form of Asian modern art, we did not have it mounted with a silk border (as most of our traditional artwork is). Instead, it is on the raw, and rather lightweight paper. This keeps your cost down, and allows you to decide how you want to frame your modern Asian art.