The Road to China Mordern Art: Lin Fengmian and Wu Guanzhong Art Exhibition

Exhibition Info

Exhibition Period　　　10 September 2024 - 3 January 2025

Exhibition Venue　　　First Floor & Second Floor Exhibition Hall

Chief Director　　　Du Pengfei　Wang Yichuan　Jiang Peng　Ding She

Academic Director　　　Xu Hong　Chen Xiang

Curators　　　Xu Dazhen　Wu Hongliang　Du Pengfei

Exhibition Coordinators　　　Wang Chenya　Chen Xinglu

Exhibits Coordinators　　　Qian Jinyi　Zhang Li　Zeng Yuting　Pan Xuhui

Academic Assistant　　　Ge Xiuzhi

Visual Director　　　Wang Peng

Visual Design　　　Wang Peng　Wang Meiyi

Display Design　　　Wang Ning

Exhibition Team　　　Chen Xinglu　Wang Ning　Pan Xuhui　Ge Xiuzhi　An Su　Gui Lixin　Qiu Minyu　Gu Yukun　Ye Ting
　　　Dou Yajie　Li Yaochen　Cui Ranran　Gao Ning　Zhao Qingpeng　Si Yike　Li Hao　Li Xudong

Publicity Team　　　Sun Dapeng　Liu Yaomeng　Zhou Xinxin　Xiao Fei

Public Education　　　Zhang Ming　Zhou Ying　Wang Wenhui　Zhang Ruiqi

Administration Affair　　　Zhang Jun Ma Yanyan

English Translation　　　Cao Li　Bai Shenhao　Zhang Xiaochan

Organizers　　　Tsinghua University Art Museum　China Art Museum, Shanghai　Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy　Shanghai Artists Association

Co-organizers　　　CAFA Art Museum　Art Museum of China Academy of Art

Exhibition Profile

Exploring the path of Chinese modern art and responding to the call for social transformation in the past century were the missions of several generations of artists represented by Lin Fengmian and Wu Guanzhong. Their personalities, temperaments, talents and backgrounds were diverse, and the paths they took to explore art were also different. However, they were all heading towards the same endeavor and wrote a glorious chapter of modern Chinese art together with the passion of free creation.

 

In order to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, this exhibition honors these two giants of Chinese modern art, both of whom studied in France. Tsinghua University Art Museum features over 140 meticulously selected works of Lin and Wu  . Through their paintings, the exhibition showcases their probing and pioneering efforts in the modernization of Chinese painting. It is hoped that the exhibition sheds significant light on the present while commemorating history with a vision towards the future. 

Artist Profile

Lin Fengmian was the pioneer and leader of new modern Chinese art. He received rigorous training in Western painting at a young age, he also perceived the serene and distant beauty of Eastern art. he was impressed by the beautiful and elegant images of porcelain displayed in museums, he also had a great interest in other folk arts...It is like opening a door for him to see a path of unlimited creative possibilities.

Wu Guanzhong was a student of Lin Fengmian, and his path of artistic exploration began when he was studying in France. Upon his return to China, he began to paint landscapes and figures, and when circumstances permitted, he quickly moved towards creating art using expressive techniques. Later, he switched freely between representational and abstract styles, producing works that emphasized more subjective feelings.