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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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Mountain landscape

  • Literature notes

    Jia Youfu was a pupil of Li Keran (1907-89) and this painting, with its dense composition and heavy use of dark ink, may be regarded as an homage to his teacher (see cat.nos.43, 46 [EA1995.208, EA1995.211]). The scene is probably a waterfall in the Taihang mountain range in north China, which since 1977 has been one of Jia Youfu's principal painting subjects.
  • Description

    Jia Youfu was born in Suning, Hebei province. He is best known for depicting the landscape in the Taihang mountain range in north China, where his hometown is located, a subject he has concentrated on since 1977. In this painting, the dense composition and heavy use of dark ink may be regarded as homage to his teacher Li Keran (1907-1989). Jia Youfu is now a professor in landscapes at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.

  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChinaHebei province Beijing (place of creation)
    Asia China (Taihang Mountains) (probable subject)
    Date
    1977 - 1995
    Artist/maker
    Jia Youfu (born 1942) (artist)
    pupil of Li Keran (1907 - 1989) (artist)
    Material and technique
    ink and slight colour on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 103 x 74 x 2 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 64.8 x 57.8 cm (height x width)
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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.
    EA1995.202
  • 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. 37 on p. 37, illus. p. 37 fig. 37

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