Melancholy
Egret Birds and Flower Wall Scroll

Meloncholly

A nice traditional wall scroll featuring two birds in a marsh.

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

The Chinese title is 依戀 (Yi Lian) which means "Meloncholly" in English.

The characters following the title are simply the year painted (2011) and the artist's signature.

About the Art

This painting has a simple muted background style but incorporates a lot of detail in the foreground subject of the artwork. This is a 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.