Praying mantis, bee, and prunus blossom
Chen Fen was a specialist in bird-and-flower painting from Guangzhou, Guangdong province. He was a prominent pupil of the leading Guangdong painter Ju Lian (1828-1904), whose gongbi ‘fine-brush’ painting style is evident here. Three other pupils of Ju Lian went on to establish the Lingnan School in the 1920s, promoting a combination of Chinese and Japanese brushwork with Western realistic style.
Details
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Title
Praying mantis, bee, and prunus blossom
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Artist/maker
Chen Fen (active c. 1851 - c. 1930) -
Associated people
Shaofang (active c. 1881) (named on object) -
Associated place
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Date
May - July 1881 -
Material and technique
ink and colour on paper
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Object type
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Dimensions
mount 40.5 x 55.5 cm (height x width)
painting 24.5 x 53 cm sight size (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1966.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1966.200
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Catalogue text
Chen Fen was from Panyu (now Guangzhou) in Guangdong province. He specialised in bird and flower painting and was a prominent pupil of the leading Guangzhou painter Ju Lian (1828-1904), three of whose other followers went on to found the Lingnan School.
In: Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000)
Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 5 on p. 28, illus. p. 29 fig. 5
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