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Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

A catalogue of the Ashmolean collection of Chinese paintings by Shelagh Vainker (published Oxford, 2000).

Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by Shelagh Vainker

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Man and horse beneath a city wall

  • Literature notes

    Guan Shanyue was born in Yangjiang in Guangdong province. During the 1930s, having graduated from Guangzhou Provincial College of Education, he studied painting with Gao Jianfu (q.v.) at the latter's Chunshui Art Studio, and may be regarded as a Lingnan School painter. Though most of his life was spent in Canton, where he held several senior academic positions, he travelled widely within China and worked reguarly with Fu Baoshi in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He also travelled abroad. Guan is known for plum blossom and figure paintings in addition to landscapes.
  • Description

    One of the major Lingnan School artists, Guan Shanyue was born in Yangjiang in Guangdong province. During the 1930s, having graduated from Guangzhou Provincial College of Education, he studied painting with Gao Jianfu (1879-1951) at the Chunshui Art Studio. Though most of his life was spent in Guangdong, where he held several senior academic positions, he travelled and painted widely within China. Guan is known for plum blossom and figure paintings in addition to landscapes.

  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChina Sichuan province (place of creation)
    Date
    1944
    Artist/maker
    Guan Shanyue (1912 - 2000) (artist)
    Associated people
    Deng Erya (1884 - 1954) (recipient)
    Material and technique
    ink and colour on paper
    Dimensions
    mount 200 x 55 cm approx. (height x width)
    painting 112 x 38.5 cm (height x width)
    along roller 64 cm (width)
    Material index
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 1964.
    Accession no.
    EA1964.81
  • Further reading

    Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 33 on p. 57, illus. p. 57 fig. 33

    Tregear, Mary, Chinese Art, World of Art Library (London: Thames and Hudson, 1980), fig. 159, p. 197

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  • Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by Shelagh Vainker

    Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

    Guan Shanyue was born in Yangjiang in Guangdong province. During the 1930s, having graduated from Guangzhou Provincial College of Education, he studied painting with Gao Jianfu (q.v.) at the latter's Chunshui Art Studio, and may be regarded as a Lingnan School painter. Though most of his life was spent in Canton, where he held several senior academic positions, he travelled widely within China and worked reguarly with Fu Baoshi in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He also travelled abroad. Guan is known for plum blossom and figure paintings in addition to landscapes.
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