Modern Chinese Ink Paintings: A Century of New Directions

DisplayingthebeautyandskillofChineseinkpaintingsthroughaselectionofhighlightsfromtheBritishMuseum'scollection,ModernChineseInkPaintingsfeatureshangingscrolls,handscrolls,large-scalepaintingsandalbumleavestoexploretheinnovativecontributionsofindividualmastersfromthetwentiethandtwenty-firstcenturies.ClarissavonSpeeexploreshowtheirartisticworkhashelpedshapetheimageofmodernChina,revealinghowtheirworksreflectthepoliticalclimatesandimportanteventsofthetimesinwhichtheywerecreated.WithreferencetoartisticexchangesbetweenPicassoandZhangDaqian,therelationshipbetweenmodernChinesepaintingandthemodernWesternartsceneisalsohighlightedinthisinformativeandaccessibleintroductiontothesubject.