Looking for the Plum Blossom
Poetic Wall Scroll

Looking for the Plum Blossoms

This is the roughly-translated English meaning for the Chinese title of this piece.

Close up view of the plum blossom artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll

The Chinese title is "Jiao Wai Xun Mei" which is a poetic title written vertically in the upper left of the painting. See the four largest characters - that's the title.

The characters following the title are simply the artist's signature.

This artwork features a man who is enjoying the view of plum blossoms in early Spring or perhaps Winter.

About the Art

This is a simplistic painting style, but it also incorporates a lot of detail. This painting really mimics the style of Chinese artwork that has been around for thousands of years.

This artwork is completely hand-painted, and is mounted to a handmade silk wall scroll in our workshop.

About the Artist:

The artist's name is (Wang Jian-Qiu). He lives in Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in Northern China (about 5 hours south of Beijing). I was introduced to this artist's work at Qin Xia's studio in Jinan. This artist has been a long time friend of Qin Xia (You may recognize Qin Xia's name from artwork in our flowers and birds category). Wang Jian-Qiu also does some great detailed beautiful woman paintings, and occasionally does some landscapes for us as well.