Modern Chinese Paintings

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Modern Chinese Paintings
January 17, 1983–February 27, 1983
White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

The literati dream recalls the contemplation of nature and the serenity of country lie represented by generations of scholar artists in their calligraphy, painting and poetry. The art of traditional landscape painting survives in modern China, as evidenced by 26 scrolls from the Spencer Museum collection.

Works of art

Xiao Sun
Landscape after Mei Qing, 1928, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Wu Zheng
Landscape after Kun Can, 1925, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Pan Su
Landscape, mid-late 1900s
Wang Xuehao
Huang Shanshou
Seated Alone in the Autumn Woods, after Lan Ying, 1909, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
陳少梅 Chen Shaomei
Cultivating Longevity in a Mountain Pavilion, 1940, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Wu Jingting
Secluded Life in a Pine Valley, 1940, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Hu Peiheng
Tao Yiqing
Landscape of Li River, date unknown
Yang Zhengxin
Two Cranes, 1981