Dai Honghai is known as a master of the meticulous gongbi genre of classical Chinese paintings, which demonstrate a characteristically careful realism.<\/p>\n
The 80-year-old created several popular works, including a picture book, titled Liu Yi Delivers Letter<\/em>, which illustrates a Tang Dynasty (618-907) tale, and the design for a set of stamps depicting Sanguo Yanyi, or Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the classic Chinese novel.<\/p>\n An exhibition now on at the Zhejiang Art Museum, which runs through April 22, reviews Dai’s accomplishment in the inheritance of the gongbi art legacy.<\/p>\n It brings together 150 works, including classic Chinese paintings, illustrations, stamp designs and illustrations for lianhuanhua, palm-sized picture books.<\/p>\n At the heart of the show is a nine-meter-long scroll on which Dai vividly presents the dynamic cityscape of Lin’an as the capital of Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), today’s Hangzhou<\/a>, Zhejiang province.<\/p>\n The work reflects the realistic tradition of Chinese ink painting and an influence of genre paintings.<\/p>\n Media Contact<\/span>
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