Loading
Yicui Pavilion
Li Yanshan1953
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Li Yanshan met the accomplished doctor Wu Ming (act. ca. mid-20th century), whose Yicui Pavilion Collection was widely acclaimed in the 1940s and 1950s, in Macao during the Second World War. A testimony to the friendship between them can be found in Yicui Pavilion, painted as a gift in 1953.
Show lessRead more
Details
- Title: Yicui Pavilion
- Creator Lifespan: 1898 - 1961
- Creator Nationality: Chinese
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Hong Kong
- Creator Birth Place: Xinhui
- Date Created: 1953
- Theme: Landscape
- President of the Guangzhou Municipal College of Fine Arts, Chinese painter: Li Yanshan
- Physical Dimensions: w36.7 x h93.8 cm
- Location in the artwork: Macau
- History of Acquisition: Acquired from Dr Ng Ming in 1969
- Artist's Biography: Born into a prestigious family, Li Yanshan was sent to Guangzhou to receive modern education and then to the Peking University to study law. While in Beijing, he was witness to the ‘May Fourth Movement’ of 1919. In 1925, Li returned to Guangdong to join the judiciary while participating actively in The Chinese Painting Research Society, the largest art body in southern China. Working together with likeminded people such as his painting teacher Pan He (1873 - 1929) and other leading traditionalist artists such as Huang Shaomei (1886 - 1940) and Yao Lixiu (1878 - 1938), as well as the young and upcoming Zhao Haogong (1881 - 1947), Huang Bore (1901 - 1968), Deng Fen (1894 - 1964), Huang Junbi (1898 - 1991) etc., Li devoted himself to the promotion of traditional painting through publishing painting magazines and giving open demonstrations. In 1932, Li was appointed president of the Guangzhou Municipal College of Fine Arts. With the development of the Chinese painting department uppermost on his mind, he immediately set about strengthening its faculty with preeminent painters who were members of the Chinese Painting Research Society. When the Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1937, he left Guangzhou and for years, moved from place to place in the Hong Kong and Macao region. In 1948, he returned to Hong Kong, where he stayed due to the political upheavals in Mainland China. In his final years, Li retreated in a small village in Kowloon and additionally devoted himself in Chinese painting.
- Type: Ink on paper
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
You are all set!
Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.