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2. Ge Xiaoguang - Wikipedia

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   In 1976, the year of Mao Zedong's death, Wang Guodong retired and Ge Xiaoguang took his place in 1977 as the author of Mao's portrait at Tiananmen Gate, which must be re-painted and re-hung yearly due to the effects of weather and air pollution. [5] It is a job that Ge Xiaoguang continues to this day in a studio located near Tiananmen Square ...

3. Portraits overlooking Tiananmen - Wikipedia

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   Zhou Lingzhao was commissioned to paint the portrait of Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square for the proclamation of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949. His portrait of Mao was replaced in May 1950 by a portrait made by Xi Mang. From 1950 to 1957, the portrait of Mao was modeled after Zhang Zhenshi's (1914–1992) depiction of Mao. [9 ...

4. Wang Guodong (painter) - Wikipedia

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   Wang Guodong was born on 25 June 1931 in Beiping (now Beijing), Republic of China.His family owned the historic casserole restaurant Sha Guo Ju (砂锅居). When the restaurant was nationalized after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he donated 17 properties under his name to the new government.

5. Exquisitely hand-colored portraits offer a glimpse of 1870s China

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   The intricate photos played a major role in crafting Europe's view of Asian countries.

6. Ten Thousand Nations Coming to Pay Tribute - Wikipedia

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   China already had a long tradition of such paintings (designated as "Portraits of Periodical Offering"), starting from around the 6th century CE, but such paintings ended around the time of the Opium War, which shattered the ideal of the Great Chinese Empire in the middle of the world, and gave way to the awareness of China as simply one ...

7. Four Masters of the Ming dynasty - Wikipedia

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   The Four Masters of the Ming dynasty (Chinese: 明四家; pinyin: Míng Sì Jiā) are a traditional grouping in Chinese art history of four famous Chinese painters that lived during the Ming dynasty. The group consists of Shen Zhou (1427–1509), Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), Tang Yin (1470–1523), and Qiu Ying (c.1494–c.1552).