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.
Landscape in heavy snow
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Description
Dong Shouping was born in Hongdong, Shanxi province. He studied in Tianjin and Beijing and was initially a bird and flower painter. Later he concentrated on landscape painting, and Mount Huang in Anhui province proved to be one of his favourite subjects. In 1953 Dong joined the staff of the Rongbaozhai Studio in Beijing.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Hebei province › Beijing (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 7 February 1964
- Artist/maker
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Dong Shouping (1904 - 1997) (artist)
- 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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mount 198 x 61 cm (height x width)
painting 85 x 46.5 cm (height x width)
along roller 69 cm (length)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1965.
- Accession no.
- EA1965.245
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 18 on p. 40, illus. p. 41 fig. 18
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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Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Dong Shouping was born in Hongtong, Shanxi province. He studied in Beijing and was initially a bird and flower painter. Later he concentrated on landscape painting; Mt. Huang in Anhui province proved to be a favourite subject. In 1953 he joined the stafff of the Rongbaozhai (studio) in Beijing.
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