Three Tibetan Figures, Ding Cong

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Ding Cong, Three Tibetan Figures
Ding Cong, Three Tibetan Figures
Ding Cong
Three Tibetan Figures
1944, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Ding Cong, artist
1916–2009
Three Tibetan Figures, 1944, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Where object was made: China
Material/technique: watercolor
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 35.3 x 33.2 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 13 7/8 x 13 1/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 x 20 in
Credit line: Gift of Dr. William P. Fenn
Accession number: 1980.0168
Not on display
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Exhibition Label:
"Using the Past to Serve the Present in 20th Century Chinese Painting," Oct-2006, Ai-lian Liu, Asian Art Intern
The cartoonist and illustrator Ding Cong is best known for his biting social satire and illustrations to Lu Xun’s fiction (see Li Yitai’s woodcut of Lu Xun in the gallery). Before WWII, Ding was active in Shanghai. His paintings of minority peoples come mostly from the early 1940s, when he traveled in the border regions of western China. There he had opportunities to observe minority peoples like the Tibetans portrayed in this small sketch. In contrast to his social commentary paintings and cartoons, this picture seems to be a simple expression of interest in what must have been an exotic subject to a young man from the great urban center of eastern China.

Exhibitions

Using the Past to Serve the Present in 20th Century Chinese Painting
2006