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.
Figure walking around Mount Huang
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Description
Lu Yanshao painted within the classical tradition, and his own style is noted for the diagonal sense of movement, also evident in this work.
The inscription reads: ‘Fifty years ago I came to Mount Huang to climb the Shixin [literally ‘Begin-to-Believe’] Peak. At the Duxian [literally ‘Passing Immortals’] Bridge, there used to be a “helping” pine tree whose old trunk you could hold to cross the bridge, but has now been replaced by balustrades. After crossing the bridge, the lanes are winding through cracking rocks. The setting of nature makes me begin to believe the magnificent scenes of Mount Huang are the best among all. This is where the name “Begin-to-Believe” comes from.’
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Anhui province › Mount Huang (place of creation)Asia › China › Anhui province › Mount Huang (subject)
- Date
- June 1981
- Artist/maker
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Lu Yanshao (1909 - 1993) (artist)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 99 x 82.3 x 2 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 66.2 x 43.8 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
- Accession no.
- EA1995.219
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Further reading
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. 55 on p. 47, p. 8, illus. p. 46 fig. 55
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
The inscription discusses Mount Huang in Anhui province, the sacred mountain Lu Yanshao first visited as a young man and which is depicted in many of his landscapes. Lu Yanshao painted within the classical tradition and his own style is noted for the diagonal sense of movement evident in this work.
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