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).
Publications online: 129 objects
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I have been taking this road, and will keep on taking the same; as long as I can pick up a knife, I must keep on cutting.
In 1938, Zhao Yannian studied at the Shanghai School of Arts. He studied woodcut printmaking in 1939 and joined the All China Association of Anti-Enemy Woodcut Artists in 1941. In 1950, he began to teach at the Huadong East China branch of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (now called the China National Academy of Fine Arts) in Hangzhou. Zhao lost his post during the Cultural Revolution and resumed his teaching duties in 1972. Zhao’s woodcuts are mostly in monochrome, with strong contrasts, reflecting the social conflicts of the times in which he has lived. His innovative use of cutting and printing techniques has influenced several generations of printmakers in China. Zhao is particularly well known for his portraits of Lu Xun and illustrations for Lu Xun’s novels. -
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- Associated place
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Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Hangzhou (possible place of creation)
- Date
- 1956
- Artist/maker
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Zhao Yannian (born 1924) (printmaker)
- Associated people
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Lu Xun (1881 - 1936) (subject)Song Qingling (1893 - 1981) (subject)Cai Yuanpei (1863 - 1940) (subject)Chinese League for the Protection of Civil Rights (1932 - 1933) (subject)
- Material and technique
- woodcut, printed with oil-based ink
- Dimensions
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mount 68.6 x 50.8 cm (height x width)
sheet 45.8 x 55 cm (height x width)
print 37.7 x 49 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 2007.
- Accession no.
- EA2007.88
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Further reading
Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), no. 27 on p. 35, pp. xii & 109, illus. p. 35
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum
I have been taking this road, and will keep on taking the same; as long as I can pick up a knife, I must keep on cutting.
In 1938, Zhao Yannian studied at the Shanghai School of Arts. He studied woodcut printmaking in 1939 and joined the All China Association of Anti-Enemy Woodcut Artists in 1941. In 1950, he began to teach at the Huadong East China branch of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (now called the China National Academy of Fine Arts) in Hangzhou. Zhao lost his post during the Cultural Revolution and resumed his teaching duties in 1972. Zhao’s woodcuts are mostly in monochrome, with strong contrasts, reflecting the social conflicts of the times in which he has lived. His innovative use of cutting and printing techniques has influenced several generations of printmakers in China. Zhao is particularly well known for his portraits of Lu Xun and illustrations for Lu Xun’s novels.
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