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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.

Detail of Dancing: Highland Barley Series No. 2, China, 1961 (Museum no. EA2007.80)
Qixia Mountainfront

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Qixia Mountain

  • Description

    Mount Qixia is located in the northeast of Nanjing, and is well-known for both its Buddhist heritage and its autumn maple leaves. In this print, red both reflects the natural beauty and has political connotations. The Qixia temples were largely destroyed during the Cultural Revolution several years after this print was created. Zhang Xinyu is one of the main printmakers to incorporate traditional Chinese printmaking skills, creating a distinctive effect that highlights the beauty of the landscapes and cityscapes of south China.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Asia › China › Jiangsu province (Mount Qixia) (subject)
    Date
    1961
    Artist/maker
    Zhang Xinyu (1932 - 2009) (printmaker)
    Material and technique
    multi-block woodcut, printed with water-soluble ink
    Dimensions
    mount 60.8 x 81 cm (height x width)
    sheet 52.7 x 68.2 cm (height x width)
    print 37.5 x 45.7 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2007.
    Accession no.
    EA2007.86

  • Further reading

    Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), no. 36 on p. 44, p. 70, illus. p. 44

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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  • Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum by Weimin He and Shelagh Vainker

    Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum

    My slogan is: inherit the excellent tradition of Chinese art, cultivate unique personal creativity and aim for the development of splendid modern Chinese shuiyin (water-soluble colour printing) woodcut printmaking.

    Zhang Xinyu began to publish his woodcuts when he was 15 years of age. From 1951 to 1958, he studied at the Huadong branch of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou (now called the China National Academy of Fine Arts). For nearly four decades from 1960, Zhang worked at the Jiangsu Printmaking Institute as a professional printmaker (later he became the head of the Institute). The modern water-soluble colour woodcut was initiated in Jiangsu province during the 1960s. Zhang was one of the main printmakers to incorporate traditional Chinese printmaking skills to form a distinctive effect in order to reveal the delicate and beautiful views of the landscapes or cityscapes of south China.
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