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Abe, Stanley: AN ACCOUNT OF TWO VOYAGES - BACKHOFF AND WAGENER Acharya, Sanjay: Adams, Edward B: Alexander, William & Mason, George: Allen, H. M. ed: Andrews, F. H: ANNINGHE LIUYU DA SHI MU Yuhas, Louise ed: Asahi Shimbun ed: Asian Art Museum: THE ASIATIC JOURNAL AND MONTHLY MISCELLANY VOL II: THIRD SERIES |
WANSY3 - NEW BOOK Wang Weijie & Chen Changqi ed: SHANGHAI YUEFENPAI HUAJIA TUDIAN. (An Illustrated Compendium of Shanghai Calendar Poster Painters). 上海月份牌畫家圖典。王衛口 陳昌其 主編. Shanghai, 2023. 399 pp. Colour illustrations throughout, many full page. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. GBP 95.00 A useful compendium detailing the leading lights of the early 20th century artistic phenomenon in Shanghai of calendar posters - a fusion of Chinese and Western styles and the old and new in Chinese culture. Not least of interest for the depiction of the then-modern Chinese westernized woman. The posters were notable not least in that many artists 'signed' the posters. A comprehensive selection of artists are listed, each with a biography and examples of their work. A useful reference on a short-lived art form. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. Subjects: Painting Shanghai Item 28 in List 214. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?w/WANSY3.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |