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Between two cultures : late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century Chinese paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Wen C. Fong.

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press [distributor], ©2001.

xi, 286 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 31 cm

"Between Two Cultures, by Wen C. Fong, based on a selection of modern Chinese paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores the crucial period from the 1860s to about 1980, when Chinese painting was transformed into a modern expression of its classical heritage. Unlike classical Chinese painting dating from before 1860, which has commanded in-depth study from a learned and sophisticated audience in the West, modern Chinese painting has been little explored. The first comprehensive assemblage in the West of paintings on this subject, the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection comprises works in the classical Chinese medium of ink on paper and in the traditional formats of scrolls, album leaves, and fans."--Jacket.

Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield, 1929-2014 -- Art collections -- Catalogs.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Catalogs.

Painting, Chinese -- 20th century -- Catalogs.

Painting, Chinese -- Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912 -- Catalogs.

Painting -- New York (State) -- New York -- Catalogs.

Catalogs.

Fong, Wen.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century Chinese paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Late 19th- and 20th-century Chinese paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jan. 30-Aug. 19, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-279) and index.

Introduction: East meets West -- Painters in Shanghai and Guangdong -- The Westernizers -- Three great traditionalists -- Mainland Chinese painting, 1950s-1980s -- Epilogue: Reflections on Chinese art and history.

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