Album of Selected Landscapes by Qian Songyan
Qian Songyan was born in Yixing, Jiangsu province. He studied painting and calligraphy at a private school before attending a further education college. He subsequently taught at several schools, but spent most of his career at Wuxi College of Fine Arts in Jiangsu. Qian is known primarily as a traditionalist landscapist under the influence of the Ming and Qing literati painters. In 1960 he became one of the chief figures in the newly founded Jiangsu Chinese Painting Academy. That Autumn, Qian spent three months travelling across six provinces to develop new ways of depicting landscape, together with Fu Baoshi, the head of the Academy, and other Academy artists including Ya Ming, Song Wenzhi and Wei Zixi. Later these artists are known as the ‘Jiangsu group’ for their extensive travels around the country and their subject of nationalistic celebration.
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Title
Album of Selected Landscapes by Qian Songyan
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Artist/maker
Yu Jifu (born 1921) (calligrapher)Song Wenzhi (1919 - 1999) (calligrapher)Qian Songyan (1899 - 1985)after Su Shi (1037 - 1101) (author) -
Associated place
Hong Kong (place of creation) -
Date
probably 1960 -
Material and technique
ink and colour on paper; bound in card covered with ling silk
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Dimensions
album 35.5 x 46.8 x 1.5 cm (height x width x depth)
page 23 x 26 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented in honour of the 70th birthday of Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 2002.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA2002.113
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