Master Series, Four Portraits of Masters of Modern Art: Yan Wenliang (1893-1988), Pan Tianshou (1897-1971), Shi Lu (1919-1982) and Qi Baishi (1864-1954)

Series Title: 大師

Master Series, Four Portraits of Masters of Modern Art: Yan Wenliang (1893-1988), Pan Tianshou (1897-1971), Shi Lu (1919-1982) and Qi Baishi (1864-1954)

2017

Liu Jing 刘京

(Chinese, b. 1983)

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Culture

China, Hunan province, Changsha

Medium

Set of four woodblock prints and digital lithographic images

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.)

Credit Line

Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2018.205

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Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

While the prints resemble black-and-white photography, the haunting, jet-black pupils of the figures do not show any reflection of light.

Description

Master Series features leading men of culture in modern China. Depicted are ink artist Qi Baishi with hat, National Art Academy director Pan Tianshou with glasses, the eccentric artist Shi Lu, and oil painter Yan Wenliang with black eyes. They each contributed to China’s reformation and modernization during the Republican period (1912–49) and the Mao era (1949–76); all came under attack during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). The award-winning prints combine digital design and woodblock printing with oil-based inks.