In 1954, Lin Gang studied painting in Leningrad and later became Professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing. He was married to the artist Pang Tao. Although best known for his large modern historical paintings, such as his Funeral of Zhou Enlai (1977), Lin Gang liked to get away from Beijing, to retrace the route of the Long March of 1934-1935, sketching along the way. These oil sketches have a spontaneity and freedom that is lacking in his more monumental work.
Based on extract from Sullivan, Michael, Modern Chinese Art: The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2009)
Sullivan, Michael, Modern Chinese Art: The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, revised edn (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2009), no. 25 on p. 238, illus. p. 238 fig. 25
Vainker, Shelagh, and Xin Chen, A Life in Chinese Art: Essays in Honour of Michael Sullivan (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), pp. 122-123, illus. p. 123
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