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.
View of two buildings in front of a mountain
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Description
Zhu Qizhan was born in Taicang, Jiangsu province, and taught himself how to paint at the age of eight by copying traditional works. He later studied oil painting in Japan, and went on to paint in both oils and the Chinese medium. This landscape is typical of Zhu’s style, with simple but smooth brushwork and distinctive colours that seemingly evoke his ideals of independence, force, and succinctness.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Shanghai province (place of creation)
- Date
- 1892 - 1995
- Artist/maker
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Zhu Qizhan (1892 - 1996) (artist)Zhu Qizhan (1892 - 1996) (calligrapher)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 124 x 76.5 x 2 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 95.5 x 60.3 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.
- EA1995.287
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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. 125 on p. 90, p. 12, illus. p. 91 fig. 125
Vainker, Shelagh, ‘Modern Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum’, Oriental Art, 42/3, (Autumn 1996), p. 4, illus. p. 2 fig. 3
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
Zhu Qizhan lived and worked in Shanghai and is one of the major artists of the twentieth century. He studied in Japan and from his twenties until his fifties painted in oils as well as the Chinese medium. The simplicity and colour of this landscape are typical of the distinctive style he developed.
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