Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Ashmolean − Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Art in China in the 1960s and 1970s

(from 15th Apr 2011 until 15th Jan 2012)

Explore woodblock prints and ink paintings from around the period of the Cultural Revolution in China.

Detail of Dancing: Highland Barley Series No. 2, China, 1961 (Museum no. EA2007.80)

Ink paintings

Traditional landscapes

Returning Sails Outside a Buddhist Temple (EA1995.288) Returning Sails Outside a Buddhist Temple (EA1995.288)   Egrets Rest on the Bank in the Autumn (EA1995.220) Egrets Rest on the Bank in the Autumn (EA1995.220)   Watching Pines in the Nightfall (EA2008.56) Watching Pines in the Nightfall (EA2008.56)
Landscape with figures in boats (EA2007.174) Landscape with figures in boats (EA2007.174)
Misty Peaks of Mount Hua (EA1995.243) Misty Peaks of Mount Hua (EA1995.243)   View of a gorge with three boats (EA1995.261) View of a gorge with three boats (EA1995.261)   Snow on Mount Emei (EA1964.76) Snow on Mount Emei (EA1964.76)   Landscape in heavy snow (EA1965.245) Landscape in heavy snow (EA1965.245)
One Thousand-Foot Spring (EA1965.68) One Thousand-Foot Spring (EA1965.68)   Peaks of Mount Hua Piercing the Sky (EA1965.63) Peaks of Mount Hua Piercing the Sky (EA1965.63)   Sails in the Wu Gorges (EA1964.79) Sails in the Wu Gorges (EA1964.79)

Contemporary scenes

Boats on the Xin'an River (EA1995.232.a) Boats on the Xin'an River (EA1995.232.a)   Going to Work (EA1995.232.b) Going to Work (EA1995.232.b)
Busy October Outside Chengdu (EA2002.113.f) Busy October Outside Chengdu (EA2002.113.f)   Landscape with figures (EA1995.174) Landscape with figures (EA1995.174)
Rustic figures and animals (EA2002.76) Rustic figures and animals (EA2002.76)
Boats on Lake Tai (EA1995.233) Boats on Lake Tai (EA1995.233)   Fuchun River (EA1966.197) Fuchun River (EA1966.197)   River landscape with steamboat (EA1965.254) River landscape with steamboat (EA1965.254)
River landscape with boat (EA1968.70) River landscape with boat (EA1968.70)   Landscape with figures carrying tools (EA1966.193) Landscape with figures carrying tools (EA1966.193)
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