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.
Misty Peaks of Mount Hua
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Description
Shi Lu took up his name at the age of 21 from the Qing painter Shi Tao and the contemporary writer Lu Xun, having renounced his landowning literati background. His reputation as an artist is that of eccentric genius. He was a leading member of the group of painters known as the Xi’an School in Shaanxi province. In the Cultural Revolution he was tortured and suffered greatly from psychiatric problems. In the early 1970s. Shi painted several landscape scenes of Mount Hua, such as the one on display here.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Shaanxi province (Xi'an) (place of creation)Asia › China › Shaanxi province (Mount Hua) (subject)
- Date
- 1970 - 1974
- Artist/maker
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Shi Lu (1919 - 1982) (artist)
- Material and technique
- ink on paper; mounted on layers of paper, framed with juan silk pieces; backed with layers of paper
- Dimensions
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frame 178 x 86 x 2 cm (height x width x depth)
mount 173 x 82 cm sight size (height x width)
painting 136.4 x 68 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.
- EA1995.243
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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. 79 on p. 61, p. 13, illus. p. 61 fig. 79
Vainker, Shelagh, ‘Modern Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum’, Oriental Art, 42/3, (Autumn 1996), p. 5, illus. p. 5 fig. 6
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
Ink monochrome paintings are central to the Chinese landscape tradition but the exclusive use of ink in such a large, simplified landscape is striking, and its density is varied to great effect. In the early 1970s Shi Lu painted several landscapes of Mount Hua in Shaanxi province, one of China's great mountains; Chang'an is the classical name for Xi'an in the same province, where Shi Lu was a leading member of the group of painters known as the Xi'an School.
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