The Immortal Generalist of An Era: Yao Hua Art Exhibition

Exhibition Info

Exhibition Period　　　　10 April –10 November 2024

Exhibition Venue　　　　Exhibition Hall 10, 4th Floor

Curators　　　　Du Pengfei　Li Fei

Academic Director　　　　Tan Shengguang

Collection Coordination　　　　Wang Chenya　Gao Ning　Zhang Chan

Academic Assistant　　　　Gao Ning　Liu Muwei

Visual Director　　　　Wang Peng　Wang Zhiyong

Display & Visual Design　　　　Gao Wenfei　Yang Heng　Niu Jie　Zhang Hui　Lu Xue

Exhibition Team　　　　Lan Yu　An Su　Yuan Xu　Gui Lixin　Long Yun　Wang Chunling　Dou Tianwei　Deng Haozhe　Zhai Yahui

Publicity Team　　　　Sun Dapeng　Liu Yaomeng　Zhou Xinxin　Xiao Fei

Public Education　　　　Zhang Ming　Zhou Ying　Wang Wenhui　Zhang Ruiqi

Administration Affair　　　　Zhang Jun　Xie Anjie

Translation　　　　Liu Muwei

Hosts　　　　Tsinghua University Art Museum　Guizhou Provincial Museum

Co-organizer　　　　Central Academy of Fine Arts

Acknowledgement　　　　Feng Tao　Wang Jinsheng　Zhu Han　Liu Shi　Yan Jianping　Su Changjun　Li Yan　Yang Weijun　Zhang Xin　Zhang Ding
　　　　Chen Yanping　Zhao Yun　Gong Jun　Zhang Jinggu　Yao Yi　Yao Jue　Yao Sui　Yuan Fangrong　Ni Keliang　Chang Baobo
　　　　Liang Yunpeng　Wei Kun　Jian Renyi

Exhibition Profile

Yao Hua (1876-1930), courtesy name (zi) Chongguang and Yi’e, literary name (hao) Mangfu, also called Lianhua’an Zhu, born in Guizhu (now Guiyang in Guizhou province). He accomplished a poet, scholar, literati, painter, educator, epigraphy scholar, calligrapher, painter and dramatist and was extolled as the “immortal generalist of an era”. He is an artist of impressive attainments for his artworks in rubbing, patterns on copper stationery and letter paper, which gained great recognition from many famous scholars such as Lu Xun, Zheng Zhenduo, Chen Shutong and Guo Moruo. Yao Hua was the most eminent scholar of Guizhou in the past, and was also a Chinese teacher from the very beginning in Tsing Hua College. Base on the cooperation between Tsinghua University Art Museum and Guizhou Provincial Museum, “The Immortal Generalist of An Era: Yao Hua Art Exhibition” is intended to present the versatile scholar and artist by his poetry, calligraphy, painting, seal carving, rubbing as well as patterns on copper stationery and letter paper through those precious exhibits on display.