The Lingnan School. The Awakening of Modern China.
Paris Museums| N° d'inventaire | 19151 |
| Format | 21 x 30 |
| Détails | 175 p., color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2015 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782759602827 |
If the 20th century corresponds to a period of historical, social and cultural ruptures for China, it also offers the opportunity to renew its artistic vocabulary. The Lingnan school is one of the major movements to confront these new challenges. Its three founders, Gao Jianfu (1879-1951), Chen Shuren (1884-1948) and Gao Qifeng (1889-1933), are both political activists and innovative painters: they carry out clandestine activities aimed at overthrowing the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and disseminate their works. After the proclamation of the Republic, they devoted themselves almost exclusively to their art and participated in the debates on the development of a "new national painting", largely inspired by contemporary trends in Japan. They also founded workshops where the next generation would train. By introducing their masters' models to mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and even Canada, these artists helped the Lingnan School become the first world-renowned Chinese art movement, which still survives today. Mostly from the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the carefully reproduced and extensively commented works retrace the history of this movement in each section, enriched with a new essay.
If the 20th century corresponds to a period of historical, social and cultural ruptures for China, it also offers the opportunity to renew its artistic vocabulary. The Lingnan school is one of the major movements to confront these new challenges. Its three founders, Gao Jianfu (1879-1951), Chen Shuren (1884-1948) and Gao Qifeng (1889-1933), are both political activists and innovative painters: they carry out clandestine activities aimed at overthrowing the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and disseminate their works. After the proclamation of the Republic, they devoted themselves almost exclusively to their art and participated in the debates on the development of a "new national painting", largely inspired by contemporary trends in Japan. They also founded workshops where the next generation would train. By introducing their masters' models to mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and even Canada, these artists helped the Lingnan School become the first world-renowned Chinese art movement, which still survives today. Mostly from the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the carefully reproduced and extensively commented works retrace the history of this movement in each section, enriched with a new essay.