id:			312934
accession number:	2018.205.1
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.205.1
updated:		2020-08-06 09:09:31.958000

Master Series, Portrait of Yan Wenliang (1893-1988), 2017. Liu Jing (Chinese, b. 1983). Woodblock print and digital lithographic image; image: 90 x 60 cm (35 7/16 x 23 5/8 in.); paper: 120 x 60 cm (47 1/4 x 23 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2018.205.1 © Liu Jing

title:				Master Series, Portrait of Yan Wenliang (1893-1988)
title in original language:	顏文樑
series:				
series in original language:	大師
creation date:			2017
creation date earliest:		2017
creation date latest:		2017
current location:		240A Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
copyright:			© Liu Jing

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culture:	China, Hunan province, Changsha
technique:	Woodblock print and digital lithographic image
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	Chinese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Liu Jing (Chinese, b. 1983)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 90 x 60 cm (35 7/16 x 23 5/8 in.); Paper: 120 x 60 cm (47 1/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed in pencil on paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2019-08-12T04:00:00
	<i>Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 12, 2019-February 2, 2020).

	title:		Spotlight on a New Generation: Contemporary Chinese Artists (Chinese art rotation)
	opening date:   2020-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>Spotlight on a New Generation: Contemporary Chinese Artists (Chinese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 6-August 16, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist, Changsha, China, 2017-18
	date: 2017-18
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	(The Muban Educational Trust, London, UK, 2018, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2018-present
	date: 2018-
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fun fact: 
Yan Wenliang was regarded as one of the fathers of Chinese oil painting.

digital description: 
This portrait of oil painter Yan Wenliang (1893–1988) is from <em>Master Series</em>, featuring leading men of culture in modern China. All of them came under attack during the Cultural Revolution. The award-winning prints combine photography with digital design and oil-based ink woodcut techniques.

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