A catalogue of Chinese paintings from the Reyes Collection by Shelagh Vainker (published Oxford, 1996).
Wei Dong, the Beijing-based painter, is known for provocative works that combine modern figures and traditional painting. This landscape of trees, rocks, huts, and winding paths is drawn in the conventional style of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644); the eight half-hidden, half-naked figures are a late twentieth-century innovation. The three seals on the painting were carved by the artist in imitation of the imperial marks of Emperor Qianlong (r.1736-1795), a renowned collector of arts and antiques.
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. 86 on p. 66, illus. p. 66 fig. 86
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