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Lingnan Masters: South Chinese Painting in Transition 1800–2000

(from 6th Aug 2013 until 23rd Feb 2014)

Discover the mastery of the Lingnan School of painting in China over the last 200 years.

Detail of ‘Lychees and cicada', by Chen Shuren, Hong Kong, 1928 (Museum no: EA2002.72)
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Buildings in a mountainous landscape

  • Description

    Li Guixin was born in Huizhou, Guangdong province. He was a friend of the two Lingnan School painters Gao Jianfu (1879-1951) and Gao Qifeng (1889-1933). He was one of the founders of the Yiyuan Art Society. Li also taught painting in the No.3 Middle School in Huizhou, Guangdong.

    The inscription on the painting reads ‘In the style of Huanghe Shanqiao’. Huanghe shanqiao is one of the alternative names of Wang Meng (1308-1385), a prominent landscape painter in the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Wang Meng often used “rope” brushstrokes to produce areas of dense texture combined with complex patterns. He used dry, thick ink to depict dense woods on mountains. These techniques are also evident in this fan painting.

  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    AsiaChina Guangdong province (probable place of creation)
    Date
    1900s
    Artist/maker
    Li Guixin (active 1890 - 1930) (artist)
    copyist of Wang Meng (1308 - 1385) (artist)
    Li Guixin (active 1890 - 1930) (calligrapher)
    Material and technique
    ink and slight colour on paper
    Dimensions
    painting 25 x 53.5 cm (height x width)
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    No. of items
    n/a
    Credit line
    Presented in honour of the 75th birthday of Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 2007.
    Accession no.
    EA2007.183.b

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