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Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

A catalogue of the Ashmolean collection of Chinese paintings by Shelagh Vainker (published Oxford, 2000).

Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by Shelagh Vainker

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  • Literature notes

    Huang Aihong was born in Guangdong province and studied at Gao Jianfu's Chunshui Studio. Like other Lingnan School painters, he spent time in Shanghai, where he had a one-man show and where he died at the age of twenty-three. The inscription 'begun in winter 1937' suggest that the artist may not have completed this painting before his death that year.
  • Description

    Huang Aihong was born in Guangdong province and studied at Gao Jianfu’s (1879-1951) Chunshui Art Studio. The Chunshui Art Studio was established in 1923. Many Lingnan School artists, such as Guan Shanyue (1912-2000), Li Xiongcai (1910-2001), and Fang Rending (1901-1975) also studied there. This exhibition includes some of their works. It is said that Huang Aihong was one of the most talented students of Gao Jianfu, excelling at painting various subjects including landscape, flowers, and birds. Unfortunately he died at a young age and this painting, dated to the last year of his life, may be one of his last works.

  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaChina Shanghai province (place of creation)
    Date
    1937
    Artist/maker
    Huang Aihong (1914 - 1937) (artist)
    Material and technique
    ink and colour on paper
    Dimensions
    149.86 x 76.2 cm (height x width)
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 1960.
    Accession no.
    EA1960.245
  • Further reading

    Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 42 on p. 66, illus. p. 66 fig. 42

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  • Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by Shelagh Vainker

    Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

    Huang Aihong was born in Guangdong province and studied at Gao Jianfu's Chunshui Studio. Like other Lingnan School painters, he spent time in Shanghai, where he had a one-man show and where he died at the age of twenty-three. The inscription 'begun in winter 1937' suggest that the artist may not have completed this painting before his death that year.
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