Across Time and Space: Re-visiting Twentieth-Century Chinese Oil Paintings

Explore the rise of oil painting in twentieth-century China.

In the early twentieth century, oil painting as a non-Indigenous medium began to be taught in Chinese art academies. Since then, it has become an important and increasingly popular portal, inviting artists to explore cross-cultural dynamics and experiment with creative expression.

This selection of twentieth-century Chinese oil paintings from the UMAG collection sheds light on the historical and cultural significance of the mediu...