Art in China in the 1960s and 1970s
(from 15th Apr 2011 until 15th Jan 2012)Explore woodblock prints and ink paintings from around the period of the Cultural Revolution in China.
Egrets Rest on the Bank in the Autumn
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Description
Lu Yanshao was from Jiading in Shanghai. He studied traditional painting and calligraphy in Wuxi Art College, Jiangsu province in 1927. He was also an acquaintance of the artist and connoisseur Wu Hufan, with whom he travelled the country. After 1949 Lu Yanshao became a professional painter in Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1979 taught in Zhejiang College of Fine Arts. He is credited with several innovative techniques in landscape painting, such as the use of dark and pale wet ink together, as seen in the background of this present composition.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangsu province › Lake Tai (subject)
- Date
- May 1978
- Artist/maker
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Lu Yanshao (1909 - 1993) (artist)
- Associated people
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Comrade Pingfeng (active c. 1978) (recipient)
- Material and technique
- ink on paper; mounted on layers of paper, framed with ling silk pieces; backed with paper scroll
- Dimensions
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frame 57.5 x 84 x 1.9 cm (height x width x depth)
mount 53.6 x 80.5 cm sight size (height x width)
painting 34 x 46 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
- Accession no.
- EA1995.220
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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. 56 on p. 47, illus. p. 47 fig. 56
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
Lu Yanshao is credited with several innovative techniques in landscape painting, and the use of dark and pale wet ink together in the background of the present composition is an example. The restlessness that characterises his style is evident even in this simple album leaf.
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