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A View of Chinese Gardens

(from 5th Aug until 30th Nov 2014)

Explore the 'Four Gentlemen' of Chinese flowers and garden scenes from the Ashmolean collections.

Detail of 'Spring Morning in Han Palace', by Gu Jianlong, 17th century (Museum no: EA2007.167)
Garden in Guangzhoufront

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Garden in Guangzhou

  • loan

  • Description

    This drawing depicts a typical garden of rural house in southern China, with dense potted plants and a lake, which is an important element in Chinese gardens. Chen Wenxi was from Guangdong in southern China, but from the late 1940s spent most of their time in Singapore and other parts of Asia. This drawing is dated to the 1950s and may show the artist's reminiscences of his early life in southern China.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia (place of creation)
    Asia › South-east Asia › Singapore (possible place of creation)
    Asia › China › Guangdong province › Guangzhou (subject)
    Date
    1950 - 1955
    Artist/maker
    Chen Wen Hsi (1906 - 1992) (artist)
    Associated people
    Khoan Sullivan (1919 - 2003) (recipient)
    Michael Sullivan (1916 - 2013) (recipient)
    Material and technique
    pastel on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 47 x 52 x 2.2 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 33 x 39.7 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    drawn (image)
    Object type index
    visual representation › drawing
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    On loan from the Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection.
    Accession no.
    LI2022.182

  • Further reading

    Sullivan, Michael, Modern Chinese Art: The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, revised edn (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2009), no. 11 on p.60, illus. p.60 fig II.II

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    • currently in research collection

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