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Man and horse beneath a city wall
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Description
One of the major Lingnan School artists, Guan Shanyue was born in Yangjiang in Guangdong province. During the 1930s, having graduated from Guangzhou Provincial College of Education, he studied painting with Gao Jianfu (1879-1951) at the Chunshui Art Studio. Though most of his life was spent in Guangdong, where he held several senior academic positions, he travelled and painted widely within China. Guan is known for plum blossom and figure paintings in addition to landscapes.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Sichuan province (place of creation)
- Date
- 1944
- Artist/maker
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Guan Shanyue (1912 - 2000) (artist)
- Associated people
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Deng Erya (1884 - 1954) (recipient)
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 200 x 55 cm approx. (height x width)
painting 112 x 38.5 cm (height x width)
along roller 64 cm (width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1964.
- Accession no.
- EA1964.81
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 33 on p. 57, illus. p. 57 fig. 33
Tregear, Mary, Chinese Art, World of Art Library (London: Thames and Hudson, 1980), fig. 159, p. 197
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Lingnan Masters: South Chinese Painting in Transition 1800–2000
(from 6th Aug 2013 until 23rd Feb 2014)
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
Guan Shanyue was born in Yangjiang in Guangdong province. During the 1930s, having graduated from Guangzhou Provincial College of Education, he studied painting with Gao Jianfu (q.v.) at the latter's Chunshui Art Studio, and may be regarded as a Lingnan School painter. Though most of his life was spent in Canton, where he held several senior academic positions, he travelled widely within China and worked reguarly with Fu Baoshi in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He also travelled abroad. Guan is known for plum blossom and figure paintings in addition to landscapes.
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