Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 8 : Pressclippings, 1977-1981

l da ail c II Art \ from China PAGES 2-6 .,.~. ~ L .,•':t t #oj -4 ... 1$ ·' . .,.,. " A ~ "WanA Xizhl Watching Geese , dated 1890, by Ren Bonlan (1840-1896). The 4th century scholar Wang Xlzhl Is pictured standing on a narrow bridge quietly observing the geese floating ben– eath l>eslde a cluster of bamboo. Wang's atten– dant lounges peacefully on the handrail. Wang, the supreme master of the "grass" script style of calligraphy, ls said to have solved some of his technical problems by studying the graceful movements of geese.