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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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Ten Thousand Miles Along the Yangzi River

  • Literature notes

    The remaining nine leaves of the album are each inscribed as being painted in the style of an early master; it is not uncommon for albums to comprise practice works in this way.
  • Description

    Wu Hufan was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. He is known not only for his landscapes, but also for his collection of traditional paintings and his connoisseurship. As the grandson of Qing period painter and calligrapher Wu Dacheng (1835-1902), Wu Hufan was able to access and study many original masterpieces. He is especially known for his study of the ‘Four Wangs’ from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Dong Qichang (1555-1636) of the Ming dynasty, and also Dong Yuan, Juran (active AD 660-995) and other Song dynasty (AD 960-1279) master painters.

    On this page, the artist has inscribed: ‘The original painting of Juran’s Ten Thousand Miles along the Yangzi River was in the imperial collection, and today I have the good fortune to see it. When depicting the top of hills [Juran applies] the skill of ‘fan dian cun’ with short strikes by holding the brush perpendicularly. [Juran] and Fan Kuan [active AD 960-1031] used seemingly different but actually similar styles of brushwork.'

  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    AsiaChina Shanghai province (probable place of creation)
    Date
    1930 - 1968
    Artist/maker
    Wu Hufan (1894 - 1968) (artist)
    copyist of Juran (c. AD 960 - 995) (artist)
    copyist of Fan Kuan (active AD 960 - 1031) (artist)
    Wu Hufan (1894 - 1968) (calligrapher)
    Material and technique
    ink and colour on paper; mounted on card, framed with juan silk, and trimmed with brown paper
    Dimensions
    23.5 x 29 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    n/a
    Credit line
    Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
    Accession no.
    EA1995.254.g
  • 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. 89 on p. 67, p. 10

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