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Calligraphy about a lonely traveller returning home
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Description
Zhao Shao’ang was a native of Guangzhou, Guangdong province. In his early years he studied painting under Gao Qifeng (1889-1933), one of the Lingnan School masters. In 1937, he served as the head of the Department of Chinese Painting at the Guangzhou Municipal College of Fine Arts, where he worked with other Lingnan masters, such as Li Yanshan (1898-1961) and Deng Fen (1894-1964) whose works are also included in this exhibition.
The calligraphy reads ‘Plum blossoms were not blooming yet when the Huaxi River turned green. Smoke from the kitchens rose along with dusk, shrouding several households. From afar there were fast hooves, [a horse] was on its way back through…familiar woods. Willow branches would kiss [your] armour, tomorrow on the north bank of the River.’
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Details
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- Date
- 1978
- Artist/maker
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Zhao Shao'ang (1905 - 1998) (calligrapher)
- Associated people
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Dr. Yin Min (active c. 1978) (recipient)
- Material and technique
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 165.8 x 57.3 x 2.2 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 30.2 x 37.5 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
- Accession no.
- EA1995.283.b
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 September-1 December 1996, Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Vainker, Shelagh (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1996), no. 120 on p. 88, p. 12, illus. p. 88 fig. 120b
Past Exhibition
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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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Modern Chinese Paintings: The Reyes Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Zhao Shao'ang produced many flower paintings in this vivid style, and often mixed his seal paste to match the colours of the blooms. The strong light vermilion of the seal on this album leaf is in harmony with the orange kapok flower, a common plant in the Lingnan area of south China.
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