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.
Mountain landscape
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Description
Jia Youfu was born in Suning, Hebei province. He is best known for depicting the landscape in the Taihang mountain range in north China, where his hometown is located, a subject he has concentrated on since 1977. In this painting, the dense composition and heavy use of dark ink may be regarded as homage to his teacher Li Keran (1907-1989). Jia Youfu is now a professor in landscapes at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Hebei province › Beijing (place of creation)
- Date
- 1977 - 1995
- Material and technique
- ink and slight colour on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 103 x 74 x 2 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 64.8 x 57.8 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.
- EA1995.202
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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. 37 on p. 37, illus. p. 37 fig. 37
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- currently in research collection
Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.
Publications online
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Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Jia Youfu was a pupil of Li Keran (1907-89) and this painting, with its dense composition and heavy use of dark ink, may be regarded as an homage to his teacher (see cat.nos.43, 46 [EA1995.208, EA1995.211]). The scene is probably a waterfall in the Taihang mountain range in north China, which since 1977 has been one of Jia Youfu's principal painting subjects.
Notice
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