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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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Mother's Tears

  • Literature notes

    Together with the art form that depicts the vitality and liveliness of mankind, is the emotional and spiritual pursuit of my life; I hope the trace of my soul will express my complete sincerity.

    Cheng Mian graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing in 1961, and following a two-year lectureship at the CAFA, became an editor of Xinhua Daily in Nanjing. Since 1978, he has worked as a professional printmaker at the Jiangsu Artists’ Association. Cheng’s woodcut prints are worked in a variety of techniques and styles; however, the use of strong, expressive, contrasting black and white lines and planes is the main feature of his work. His well-known 14-part Nanjing Massacre Series, begun in 1984, depicts the massacre of the citizens of Nanjing by the Japanese in 1937.
  • Details

    Series
    The Bleeding World - Nanjing Massacre
    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    Date
    1984 - 1986
    Artist/maker
    Cheng Mian (born 1933) (printmaker)
    Material and technique
    woodcut, printed with oil-based ink
    Dimensions
    sheet 89.1 x 68.4 cm (height x width)
    print 67.5 x 54.2 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2007.
    Accession no.
    EA2007.15
  • Further reading

    Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), no. 80 on p. 91, illus. p. 91

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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

    Together with the art form that depicts the vitality and liveliness of mankind, is the emotional and spiritual pursuit of my life; I hope the trace of my soul will express my complete sincerity.

    Cheng Mian graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing in 1961, and following a two-year lectureship at the CAFA, became an editor of Xinhua Daily in Nanjing. Since 1978, he has worked as a professional printmaker at the Jiangsu Artists’ Association. Cheng’s woodcut prints are worked in a variety of techniques and styles; however, the use of strong, expressive, contrasting black and white lines and planes is the main feature of his work. His well-known 14-part Nanjing Massacre Series, begun in 1984, depicts the massacre of the citizens of Nanjing by the Japanese in 1937.
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