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Tears Flooding the Autumnal Fields

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Tears Flooding the Autumnal Fields
ArtistChen Danqing
Year1976
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions164 cm × 235 cm (65 in × 93 in)[1]
LocationPrivate collection

Tears Flooding the Autumnal Fields (also known as Tear Drops On the Harvest Land) is an oil painting completed in 1976 by the Chinese artist Chen Danqing.[1][2] It depicts Tibetans crying as they listen to the news of Mao Zedong’s death on the radio in harvest of a wheat field.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tears Flooding the Autumnal Fields". The Huntington Archive. Ohio State University. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Button, Clicking This (March 19, 1998). "A China spectacular". The Economist. Retrieved May 26, 2016.