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Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum

A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Chinese prints from 1950-2006 by Weimin He and Shelagh Vainker (published Oxford, 2007).

Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum by Weimin He and Shelagh Vainker

Publications online: 129 objects

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Summer No. 3

  • Literature notes

    In my childhood, art was a playful game; in my youth, art was a means of making a living; in my adulthood, art has become my life.

    Wang Xishan graduated from the Printmaking Department of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 1984, and then embarked on a career as an art teacher. He is now a professor at the College of Art at Harbin Normal University. His prints employ various forms and techniques, including lithography, monochrome woodcut, multi-block woodcut and waste-block woodcut. His favourite subject matter is figures, especially farmers in the north-east of China, and he has also specialized in the depiction of nudes, based on his study of life drawing.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Date
    2004
    Artist/maker
    Wang Xishan (born 1956) (printmaker)
    Material and technique
    woodcut, printed with oil-based ink
    Dimensions
    sheet 30 x 48.5 cm (height x width)
    print 16.5 x 22.8 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2007.
    Accession no.
    EA2007.94

  • Further reading

    Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), no. 119 on p. 130, illus. p. 130

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  • Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum by Weimin He and Shelagh Vainker

    Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum

    In my childhood, art was a playful game; in my youth, art was a means of making a living; in my adulthood, art has become my life.

    Wang Xishan graduated from the Printmaking Department of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 1984, and then embarked on a career as an art teacher. He is now a professor at the College of Art at Harbin Normal University. His prints employ various forms and techniques, including lithography, monochrome woodcut, multi-block woodcut and waste-block woodcut. His favourite subject matter is figures, especially farmers in the north-east of China, and he has also specialized in the depiction of nudes, based on his study of life drawing.
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