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Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

A catalogue of Chinese paintings from the Reyes Collection by Shelagh Vainker (published Oxford, 1996).

Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by Shelagh Vainker

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Clouds around Mount Huang

  • Literature notes

    Lai Shaoqi from Guangdong province was originally a print artist. His landscape paintings often depict Huangshan (Mount Huang) in Anhui province and the composition of this work, broken by cloud in the middle ground, is typical. The square style of calligraphy is inspired by the 18th century Yangzhou painters Zheng Xie and, particularly, Jin Nong.
  • Description

    Lai Shaoqi was from Puning county, Guangdong province. He studied art in Li Yanshan’s (1898-1961) Municipal Art School in Guangzhou and was originally a print artist. Lai built up his career mainly in east China in the 1940s when he was also involved in revolutionary work. His landscape paintings often depict Huangshan (Mount Huang) in Anhui province and this composition is typical. The square style of calligraphy is inspired by the 18th century Yangzhou painters Zheng Banqiao (1693-1765) and, particularly, Jin Nong (1687-c.1764).

  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChinaAnhui province Mount Huang (place of creation)
    AsiaChinaAnhui province Mount Huang (subject)
    Date
    1980
    Artist/maker
    Lai Shaoqi (1915 - 2000) (artist)
    style of Jin Nong (1687 - 1763 or 1764) (calligrapher)
    style of Zheng Banqiao (1693 - 1765) (calligrapher)
    Material and technique
    ink and colour on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 128.7 x 95 x 2.2 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 96 x 88.4 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    Technique index
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
    Accession no.
    EA1995.204
  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 September-1 December 1996, Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Vainker, Shelagh (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1996), no. 39 on p. 38, p. 8, illus. p. 38 fig. 39

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