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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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The West Lake, Hangzhou

  • Literature notes

    I have devoted my life to combining etching, the European art form, with the Eastern art tradition and hope my etching will suit the taste of the Chinese people.

    Cao Jianfeng graduated from the Huadong Branch of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts (now called the China National Academy of Fine Arts) in 1953, where he taught until his retirement. He was one of the founders of the printmaking department of the Academy and established its intaglio printing workshop in 1957. For decades, he has been endeavouring to create a hybrid of European technique and Chinese style.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (Huadong) (possible place of creation)
    AsiaChinaZhejiang province Hangzhou (subject)
    Date
    1955
    Artist/maker
    Cao Jianfeng (1932 - 2010) (printmaker)
    Material and technique
    etching
    Dimensions
    sheet 41.8 x 75 cm (height x width)
    print 18.8 x 51 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2007.
    Accession no.
    EA2007.7
  • Further reading

    Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), no. 25 on p. 33, illus. pp. 32-33

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Publications online

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

    Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum

    I have devoted my life to combining etching, the European art form, with the Eastern art tradition and hope my etching will suit the taste of the Chinese people.

    Cao Jianfeng graduated from the Huadong Branch of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts (now called the China National Academy of Fine Arts) in 1953, where he taught until his retirement. He was one of the founders of the printmaking department of the Academy and established its intaglio printing workshop in 1957. For decades, he has been endeavouring to create a hybrid of European technique and Chinese style.
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