Master Series, Four Portraits of Masters of Modern Art: Yan Wenliang (1893-1988), Pan Tianshou (1897-1971), Shi Lu (1919-1982) and Qi Baishi (1864-1954)

2017

Master Series, Four Portraits of Masters of Modern Art: Yan Wenliang (1893-1988), Pan Tianshou (1897-1971), Shi Lu (1919-1982) and Qi Baishi (1864-1954), 2017. Liu Jing (Chinese, b. 1983). Set of four woodblock prints and digital lithographic images; image: 90 x 60 cm (35 7/16 x 23 5/8 in.); paper: 120 x 60 cm (47 1/4 x 23 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2018.205 © Liu Jing Master Series features leading men of culture in modern China. Depicted are ink artist Qi Baishi with hat, National Art Academy director Pan Tianshou with glasses, the eccentric artist Shi Lu, and oil painter Yan Wenliang with black eyes. All came under attack during the Cultural Revolution. The award-winning prints combine digital design and woodblock printing with oil-based inks.