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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

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Portrait of George Bernard Shaw

  • Literature notes

    Yan Zhong graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now called the China National Academy of Fine Arts) in 1955. Also in 1955 he was appointed an editor at the People’s Fine Arts Publishing House in Beijing. He transferred to teach at the Harbin College of Art in 1961, later working at the Harbin Institute of Art as a professional artist. From 1959, Yan began to produce monochrome woodcut portraits of famous writers. Using plywood, he specializes in capturing writers’ expressions and personalities, based on his research on the writer’s work and background. Since the 1990s, his woodcut technique has reached a state of free expression, creating rich tones and subtle changes.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    Date
    1983
    Artist/maker
    Yan Zhong (1930 - 2008) (printmaker)
    Associated people
    George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) (subject)
    Material and technique
    woodcut, printed with oil-based ink
    Dimensions
    print 34.2 x 25.1 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    Technique index
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2007.
    Accession no.
    EA2007.101
  • Further reading

    Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), no. 73 on p. 83, illus. p. 83

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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

    Yan Zhong graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now called the China National Academy of Fine Arts) in 1955. Also in 1955 he was appointed an editor at the People’s Fine Arts Publishing House in Beijing. He transferred to teach at the Harbin College of Art in 1961, later working at the Harbin Institute of Art as a professional artist. From 1959, Yan began to produce monochrome woodcut portraits of famous writers. Using plywood, he specializes in capturing writers’ expressions and personalities, based on his research on the writer’s work and background. Since the 1990s, his woodcut technique has reached a state of free expression, creating rich tones and subtle changes.
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