Chinese Color Woodcuts from the Ten Bamboo Hall, August 31-September 29, 1961
Scope and Contents
At the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of the famous color woodcut series “Collection of Writings and Pictures of the Ten Bamboo Hall” by seventeenth century Chinese artist Hu Cheng-Yen. This collection had recently been donated to the Foundation by its namesake, Moore S. Achenbach.
The exhibition records span two folders and include an press release, correspondence, and didactic information.
Dates
- Creation: August 31-September 29, 1961
Creator
- Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts (1951-) (Arranger, Organization)
- Achenbach, Moore S., 1878-1963 (Donor, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
At this time, the exhibition records are unavailable to the public and will only be made available to FAMSF staff upon request.
Biographical / Historical
Hu Cheng-Yen (Zhengyan) (1584-1674) was a Chinese artist, printmaker, and publisher. He worked in calligraphy, traditional Chinese painting, and seal-carving, but was primarily a publisher, producing academic texts as well as records of his own work. Hu is best known for his manual of painting entitled The Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy, an artist's primer which remained in print for around 200 years. His studio also published seal catalogs, academic and medical texts, books on poetry, and decorative writing papers. Many of these were edited and prefaced by Hu and his brothers.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Zhengyan
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (The exhibition records span two folders.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
At the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of the famous color woodcut series “Collection of Writings and Pictures of the Ten Bamboo Hall” by seventeenth century Chinese artist Hu Cheng-Yen. This collection had recently been donated to the Foundation by its namesake, Moore S. Achenbach. The exhibition records span two folders.
Subject
- Hu Cheng-Yen, 1584-1674 (Artist, Person)
Cultural context
Geographic
Temporal
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Archives Repository
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr
San Francisco California 94118 USA