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- Title
Introducing the art of modern China: trends in exhibiting modern Chinese painting in Britain, c.1930–1980.
- Authors
Huang, Michelle Ying-Ling
- Abstract
By 1930, the British public took a stronger interest in early Chinese art than in works produced in the pre-modern and modern periods. However, China's cultural diplomacy in Britain during war-time, as well as the interactions between collectors, scholars and artists of both countries, helped refresh Occidental understanding of the tradition and recent achievements of Chinese art. This article examines the ways in which modern Chinese painting was perceived, collected and displayed in Britain from 1930 to 1980 – the formative period for the collecting and connoisseurship of modern Chinese art in the West. It analyses exhibitions of twentieth-century Chinese painting held in museums and galleries in order to map trends and identify the major parties who introduced the British public to a new aspect of Chinese pictorial art. It also discusses prominent Chinese painters' connections with British curators, scholars and dealers, who helped establish their reputation in Britain.
- Subjects
20TH century Chinese painting; 20TH century Chinese art; CULTURAL diplomacy; PAINTING collecting; PAINTING exhibitions; CHINESE painting; ART exhibitions; CHINESE art; CHINA-Great Britain relations
- Publication
Journal of the History of Collections, 2019, Vol 31, Issue 2, p383
- ISSN
0954-6650
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jhc/fhy017