Artist

Yiyao Fu

132130

Works

Painter

Style

Yiyao’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132130 pieces

The Essence of Light and the Cadence of Rhythm

Fu Yiyao Chinese (born in 1947)

Rectangular Tureen (fu)

China

Calligraphy

Mi Fu Chinese

The Poet Du Fu Riding a Donkey

Kano Shigenobu Japanese, active about 1620–40

Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806

Thunder God (Raijin) from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)"

Munakata Shiko Japanese 1903-1975

Mountain God (Yamagami), from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)"

Munakata Shiko Japanese, 1903-1975

The Style of a Feudal Lord’s Household (Yashiki-fu), from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tosei fuzoku tsu)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806

The Princess Style (Ohimesama-fu)

Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

Vairocana (Dainichi Nyorai), from the series Kegon-fu

Munakata Shiko Japanese, 1903-1975

In the Style of a Page (Kosho fu), Center Sheet of Triptych (Sanpukutsui chu)

Nishimura Shigenaga Japanese, 1697 (?)-1756

Fu dog

China

Kung-fu

Ladislav Sutnar (American, born Bohemia, 1897–1976)

In the Style of a Young Man (Wakashu fu), Left Sheet of Triptych (Sanpukutsui hidari)

Nishimura Shigenaga Japanese, 1697 (?)-1756

Yaksa (Yasha-o), from the series Kegon-fu

Munakata Shiko Japanese, 1903-1975

Chao-Chow-Fu Bridge

John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921