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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.

Detail of River Landscape, by Zha Shibiao, Yangzhou, China, 1666 (Museum No: EA1980.142)
Ten Thousand Miles Along the Yangzi Riverfront

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Ten Thousand Miles Along the Yangzi River

  • Description

    Wu Hufan was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. He is known not only for his landscapes, but also for his collection of traditional paintings and his connoisseurship. As the grandson of Qing period painter and calligrapher Wu Dacheng (1835-1902), Wu Hufan was able to access and study many original masterpieces. He is especially known for his study of the ‘Four Wangs’ from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Dong Qichang (1555-1636) of the Ming dynasty, and also Dong Yuan, Juran (active AD 660-995) and other Song dynasty (AD 960-1279) master painters.

    On this page, the artist has inscribed: ‘The original painting of Juran’s Ten Thousand Miles along the Yangzi River was in the imperial collection, and today I have the good fortune to see it. When depicting the top of hills [Juran applies] the skill of ‘fan dian cun’ with short strikes by holding the brush perpendicularly. [Juran] and Fan Kuan [active AD 960-1031] used seemingly different but actually similar styles of brushwork.'

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Asia › China › Shanghai province (probable place of creation)
    Date
    1930 - 1968
    Artist/maker
    Wu Hufan (1894 - 1968) (artist)
    copyist of Juran (c. AD 960 - 995) (artist)
    copyist of Fan Kuan (active AD 960 - 1031) (artist)
    Wu Hufan (1894 - 1968) (calligrapher)
    Material and technique
    ink and colour on paper; mounted on card, framed with juan silk, and trimmed with brown paper
    Dimensions
    23.5 x 29 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper,
    processed material › paper › cardboard,
    processed material › textile › silk,
    organic › animal › animal product › silk
    Technique index
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    drawn (image) › line drawing › brush drawing
    Object type index
    visual representation › album,
    visual representation › painting,
    visual representation › calligraphy
    No. of items
    n/a
    Credit line
    Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
    Accession no.
    EA1995.254.g

  • 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. 89 on p. 67, p. 10

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