Room 29 | Eastern Art Paintings and Prints gallery
Explore the breadth of the museum’s collection of Eastern Art paintings through the changing programme of exhibitions in this gallery.
Introduction
Past Exhibitions
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Yoshida Hiroshi: A Japanese Artist in India
(from 9th Jun until 13th Sep 2015)An exhibition highlighting Hiroshi Yoshida’s woodblock prints of India.
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Bengal and Modernity: Early 20th Century Art in India
(from 3rd Mar until 31st May 2015)An exhibition exploring themes of nationalism and modernism in early 20th-century India.
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Lure of the East: Selections from the Christopher Gandy Collection
(from 15th Apr until 27th Jul 2014)Explore highlights from Christopher Gandy’s Islamic paintings and objects collection.
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Indian Paintings from the Simon Digby Collection
(from 1st Oct 2013 until 5th Jan 2014)Explore the recent acquisition of a rich and unusual collection of Indian paintings and manuscript pages.
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Tales in the Round: Manjū Netsuke and Japanese Woodblock Prints
(from 30th Apr until 22nd Sep 2013)Discover dramatic episodes from Japanese culture in these exquisitely carved objects and woodblock prints.
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Lady Impey’s Indian Bird Paintings
(from 16th Oct 2012 until 14th Apr 2013)Explore remarkable studies of Indian and exotic birds by traditional Patna artists commissioned by Lady Impey around 1780.
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Unfolding Nature: Images of Summer on Chinese and Japanese Fans
(from 10th Jul until 7th Oct 2012)Enjoy the summery scenes on Chinese and Japanese fan paintings from the museum’s reserve collection.
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Al-Qur’an al-Karim: Sacred Verses, Beautiful Pages
(from 8th Mar until 1st Jul 2012)Discover the Qur’an as a source of artistic inspiration and expression in this selection of works on paper.
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Yakusha-e: Kabuki Prints, a Continuing Tradition
(from 29th Nov 2011 until 4th Mar 2012)Discover the brightly coloured woodblock prints of actors from Japanese popular theatre.
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Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s (II)
(from 11th Jul until 20th Nov 2011)Explore the bold and colourful imagery found on posters and other items from this revolutionary period.
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Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s (I)
(from 8th Mar until 3rd Jul 2011)Explore the bold and colourful imagery found on posters and other items from this revolutionary period.
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Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Ukiyo-e prints from the Ashmolean
(from 29th Sep 2010 until 27th Feb 2011)Prepare for giant spiders, dancing skeletons, winged goblins, and hordes of ghostly warriors!
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Royal Elephants from Mughal India
(from 28th Apr until 26th Sep 2010)A selection of paintings from the distinguished collection of the artist Howard Hodgkin.
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Japanese Landscape Prints
(from 1st Nov 2009 until 25th Apr 2010)View the striking mountains, rivers, and cities of Japan in the woodblock prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige.
The Eastern Art Paintings Gallery is a new exhibition space dedicated to the display of paintings and prints from across the Eastern Art collections.
Its changing programme enables work to be showcased from the different specialist areas of the collection, which include art from the Islamic world, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, China and Korea, and Japan.
Exhibitions in this gallery feature works from the Ashmolean and other related collections. Click on the links above to view current and also past exhibitions in this space.
Eastern Art Paintings Gallery - Japanese Landscape Prints exhibition west wall.
Eastern Art Paintings Gallery - Royal Elephant from Mughal India exhibition.
Eastern Art Paintings Gallery - Japanese Ghosts and Demons exhibition east wall.
Eastern Art Paintings Gallery - Cultural Revolution exhibition east wall.
Eastern Art Paintings Gallery - Cultural Revolution II exhibition east wall.
Eastern Art Paintings Gallery - Yakusha-e: Kabuki Prints exhibition case.
Eastern Art Paintings Gallery - Al-Qur’an al-Karim exhibition case.
Eastern Art Paintings Gallery - Lady Impey’s Indian Bird Paintings exhibition, west wall.
Eastern Art Paintings Gallery - Tales in the Round exhibition north wall.
Notice
Objects may have since been removed or replaced from a gallery. Click into an individual object record to confirm whether or not an object is currently on display. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis, so contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular Eastern Art object.
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