Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
A catalogue of the Ashmolean collection of Chinese paintings by Shelagh Vainker (published Oxford, 2000).
Publications online: 222 objects
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Willow by the water
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Literature notes
Zhao Wangyun was from Sulu in Hebei province. In 1925 he entered Jinghua Art College in Peking and in 1928 began teaching at Peking Normal University. He went on to work in Shanghai and Tianjin, and in 1936 embarked on a decade of travelling around China before settling in 1946 in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, where he spent the rest of his career. Throughout his life he was active in publishing as well as painting. -
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- Associated place
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Asia › China › Shaanxi province (Xi'an) (place of creation)
- Date
- 1962
- Artist/maker
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Zhao Wangyun (1906 - 1977) (artist)
- Material and technique
- ink and slight colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 68.58 x 45.72 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1964.
- Accession no.
- EA1964.80
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 166 on p. 190, illus. p. 190 fig. 166
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Zhao Wangyun was from Sulu in Hebei province. In 1925 he entered Jinghua Art College in Peking and in 1928 began teaching at Peking Normal University. He went on to work in Shanghai and Tianjin, and in 1936 embarked on a decade of travelling around China before settling in 1946 in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, where he spent the rest of his career. Throughout his life he was active in publishing as well as painting.
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