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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Buildings Amidst Streams and Mountains
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Description
Chen Hengke from Xiushui in Jiangxi province was one of the founders of the conservative art association which dominated Beijing painting circles in the early 20th century. He is, however, known as an innovative artist. His modern outlook and his experience of foreign painting styles while in Japan are evident in the loose brushwork and rapid execution of this relatively free composition.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province (Xiushui) (subject)
- Date
- 1876 - 1923
- Artist/maker
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Chen Hengke (1876 - 1923) (artist)
- Material and technique
- ink and slight colour on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 159 x 76 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 120 x 60.5 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.
- EA1995.169
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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. 3 on p. 18, p. 10, illus. p. 18 fig. 3
Past Exhibition
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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
Though one of the founders of the conservative art association which dominated Beijing painting circles in the early twentieth century, Chen Hengke from Xiushui in Jiangxi province is known as an innovative artist. His modern outlook, and his experience of foreign painting styles while in Japan, are evident in the loose brushwork and rapid execution of this relatively free composition.
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