Chinese Landscapes from the Ashmolean Collection
(from 9th Feb until 21st Jul 2013)Explore the continued tradition of Chinese landscape painting in this complement to the Xu Bing show.
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Landscape in the style of Wang Meng
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Description
Yang Tianbi is known to have lived in Shangyuan (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu province) in the first half of the 19th century. He painted panoramas and historical subjects as well as landscapes and bamboo. According to the inscription, this painting is in the style of Wang Meng. Wang Meng (1301-1385), also known as Wang Shuming or Huanghe shanqiao, was among the Four Great Masters of the Yuan period (1271-1368). This work is typical of Wang Meng's landscape style, with the crowded composition and the furry texture achieved by various types of cun brushstrokes.
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- Date
- October 1853
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Yang Tianbi (active 1796 - 1853) (artist)style of Wang Meng (1308 - 1385) (artist)
- Material and technique
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 119.38 x 40.64 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1962.
- Accession no.
- EA1962.123
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 149 on p. 174, illus. p. 175 fig. 149
Past Exhibition
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Location
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- currently in research collection
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Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Yang Tianbi is not recorded in much detail, but it is known that he was resident in Shangyuan (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu) in the first half of the nineteenth century. He painted panoramas and historical subjects as well as landscapes and bamboo.
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