Until Sunday April 24,2016 visitors can see the Silent Poetry: Masterworks of Chinese Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art in the Julia and Larry Pollock Focus Gallery | Gallery 011.
Drawn from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s renowned collection of Chinese paintings and in celebration of the museum’s 100th anniversary in 2016, this small but potent exhibition features ten masterworks of Chinese art. A fine assemblage in various subjects and styles, spanning from the Song to the Qing dynasties, provides a visual feast: all are rare treasures and iconic works.
 Streams and Mountains Without End (detail), 1100–1150..
The exhibition also celebrates the release of a new book, Silent Poetry: Chinese Paintings from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art by Ju Hsi Chou and Anita Chung, which presents the most up-to-date research on the museum’s significant holdings.
A highlight is the long piece entitled Portraits of Emperor Quianlong, the Empress and Eleven Imperial Consorts.
Cleveland Chinese community leader Anthony Yen showing the length of Portraits of Emperor Quianlong, the Empress and eleven Imperial Consorts
 Portrait of Emperor Quianlong
Anthony Yen
Here are 4 of the Imperial Consorts
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Some of the CMA International Council visiting the exhibit
You only have until April 24, 2016 to see Silent Poetry: Masterworks of Chinese Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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