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Praying mantis, bee, and prunus blossom
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Description
Chen Fen was a specialist in bird-and-flower painting from Guangzhou, Guangdong province. He was a prominent pupil of the leading Guangdong painter Ju Lian (1828-1904), whose gongbi ‘fine-brush’ painting style is evident here. Three other pupils of Ju Lian went on to establish the Lingnan School in the 1920s, promoting a combination of Chinese and Japanese brushwork with Western realistic style.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Guangdong province › Panyu (probable place of creation)
- Date
- May - July 1881
- Artist/maker
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Chen Fen (active c. 1851 - c. 1930) (artist)
- Associated people
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Shaofang (active c. 1881) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 40.5 x 55.5 cm (height x width)
painting 24.5 x 53 cm sight size (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1966.
- Accession no.
- EA1966.200
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 5 on p. 28, illus. p. 29 fig. 5
Past Exhibitions
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Lingnan Masters: South Chinese Painting in Transition 1800–2000
(from 6th Aug 2013 until 23rd Feb 2014) -
Unfolding Nature: Images of Summer on Chinese and Japanese Fans
(from 10th Jul until 7th Oct 2012)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Chen Fen was from Panyu (now Guangzhou) in Guangdong province. He specialised in bird and flower painting and was a prominent pupil of the leading Guangzhou painter Ju Lian (1828-1904), three of whose other followers went on to found the Lingnan School.
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