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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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Mountainous landscape with buildings and waterfalls

  • Literature notes

    Pu Xinyu, also known as Pu Ru, was a cousin of the last emperor of the Qing dynasty; as such he received a classical education and was able to study at first hand paintings by Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing masters. He remained in Peking until the 1940s, later moving to Taiwan where he became the leading upholder of the classical tradition. The brushwork in this painting is in the meticulous gongbi style.
  • Description

    Pu Ru was a cousin of the last emperor of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911); as such he received a classical education and was able to study paintings by traditional masters first hand. He remained in Beijing until the 1940s, later moving to Taiwan where he became the leading upholder of the classical tradition. The inscription suggests that the artist is imitating the meticulous gongbi style of Wang Hui (1632-1717) in this painting. The application of colour suggests the influence of the blue-and-green landscapes from the Northern Song period (AD 960-1127).

  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChinaHebei province Beijing (place of creation)
    Date
    1918
    Artist/maker
    Pu Ru (1896 - 1963) (artist)
    style of Wang Hui (1632 - 1717) (artist)
    Associated people
    Gongdi (active c. 1918) (recipient)
    Material and technique
    ink and colour on paper
    Dimensions
    10 x 238.6 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
    Accession no.
    EA1995.227
  • 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. 63 on p. 50, p. 13, illus. p. 51 fig. 63

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

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

    Pu Xinyu, also known as Pu Ru, was a cousin of the last emperor of the Qing dynasty; as such he received a classical education and was able to study at first hand paintings by Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing masters. He remained in Peking until the 1940s, later moving to Taiwan where he became the leading upholder of the classical tradition. The brushwork in this painting is in the meticulous gongbi style.
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