Untitled-Art-Tao

Jeremy Mann

A Chinese female Modigliani with a touch of Cezanne

Sharon Sprung (b. 1953, American)

Private Collection.

Kosodemaku 小袖幕 (Short sleeve kimono) - 1960s

Without face - Igor Venski

Oil on cardboard

Henri Matisse

Yuqi Wang

Hasui Kawase, Snow in Kiba

…the Qianlong emperor had already commissioned a set of paintings that conveyed the same sense of collective “barbarian submission” that came to be celebrated in the Da Qing tongshu zhigong wanguo jingwei diqiu shi. Indeed, at almost exactly the same time that the Huang Qing zhigong tu appeared in print (1761), two of the emperor’s court painters—Yao Wenhan (dates unknown) and Zhang Tingyan (1735-1794)—produced a beautifully executed work titled “The Myriad [Tributary States] Coming to Court” (Wanguo laichao), which depicted representatives from dozens of countries in East Asia and the West, all gathered together with their “local products” in the Forbidden City under the watchful eye of Qing officials.

Garden Scene in the Etschtal - Robert Russ

George Inness - The Goat Herder c.1853. Oil on canvas.

1919

Lumbering - Childe Hassam

Yuri Krotov (1964-), Russia