Modern Chinese Paintings

Exhibition

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Modern Chinese Paintings
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 (1883–1944), Landscape after Mei Qing
Landscape after Mei Qing
Xiao Sun
1928, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Wu Zheng (1878–1949), Landscape after Kun Can
Landscape after Kun Can
Wu Zheng
1925, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Pan Su (1915–1992), Landscape
Landscape
Pan Su
mid-late 1900s
Wang Xuehao (1754–1823), Whiling Away the Summer Heat
Whiling Away the Summer Heat
Wang Xuehao
date unknown
Huang Shanshou (1855–1919), Seated Alone in the Autumn Woods, after Lan Ying
Seated Alone in the Autumn Woods, after Lan Ying
Huang Shanshou
1909, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
陳少梅 Chen Shaomei (1909–1954), Cultivating Longevity in a Mountain Pavilion
Cultivating Longevity in a Mountain Pavilion
陳少梅 Chen Shaomei
1940, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Wu Jingting (1904–1972), Secluded Life in a Pine Valley
Secluded Life in a Pine Valley
Wu Jingting
1940, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Hu Peiheng (1892–1965), Landscape after Kun Can
Landscape after Kun Can
Hu Peiheng
1935
Tao Yiqing (1914–1986), Landscape of Li River
Landscape of Li River
Tao Yiqing
date unknown
Yang Zhengxin (born 1942), Two Cranes
Two Cranes
Yang Zhengxin
1981