Paperback. Displaying the beauty and skill of Chinese ink paintings through a selection of highlights from the British Museum's collection, Modern Chinese Ink Paintings features hanging scrolls, hand scrolls, large-scale paintings and album leaves to explore the innovative contributions of individual masters from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Clarissa von Spee explores how their artistic work has helped shape the image of modern China, revealing how their works reflect the political climates and important events of the times in which they were created. With reference to artistic exchanges between Picasso and Zhang Daqian, the relationship between modern Chinese painting and the modern Western art scene is also highlighted in this informative and accessible introduction to the subject. Displaying the beauty and skill of Chinese ink paintings through a selection of highlights from the British Museum's collection, Modern Chinese Ink Paintings features hanging scrolls, hand scrolls, large-scale paintings and album leaves to explore the innovative contributions of individual masters from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Modern Chinese Ink Paintings (Paperback)
Publisher: British Museum Press, London
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0714124702
ISBN 13: 9780714124704
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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The author explores the innovative contributions of individual masters whose artistic work has helped shape the image of modern China; the importance of regional artistic centres; and how the works reflect the times in which they were created (including important events and political climate). With reference to artistic exchanges between Picasso and Zhang Daqian; the relationship between modern Chinese painting and the modern Western art scene is also highlighted in this informative and elegant introduction to the modern world of Chinese ink painting.

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Clarissa von Spee is a curator at the British Museum specializing in Chinese paintings and Central Asian antiquities. She is the author of a variety of publications including The Printed Image in China: From the 8th to the 21st Centuries and Wu Hufan - A Twentieth Century Art Connoisseur in Shanghai.

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