Chinese Landscapes from the Ashmolean Collection
(from 9th Feb until 21st Jul 2013)Explore the continued tradition of Chinese landscape painting in this complement to the Xu Bing show.
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Landscape with figures in boats
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Description
Shen Fuji was born in Jiangsu province, and practiced both calligraphy and painting. Very little is known about him, and his dates are unrecorded. In this painting, he claims to follow the style of Shitian weng, also known as Shen Zhou (1427-1509).
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangsu province › Suzhou (place of creation)
- Date
- March - April 1845
- Artist/maker
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Shen Fuji (probably active c. 1845) (artist)
- Associated people
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Ziyuan (active c. March - April 1845) (recipient)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 40.3 x 55.6 cm (height x width)
painting 22.9 x 50.5 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1960.
- Accession no.
- EA1960.219
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 119 on p. 138, illus. p. 138 fig. 119
Past Exhibition
see (1)
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
Shen Fuji was born in Zhaowen (present-day Changshu) in Jiangsu province, in the Qing dynasty, though his dates are unrecorded. He practised both calligraphy and painting; towards the end of his life he suffered illness and his painting style became increasingly erratic.
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