SHEN Shaomin
(China 1956– )
- Title
- Pastorale
- Place of origin
-
China
- Year
- 1984
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodcut
- Dimensions
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50.5 x 74.0cm sight; 80.0 x 113.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Ruth Burgess 2002
- Accession number
- 131.2002
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Born in Acheng, Heilongjiang, in 1956, Shen Shaoming was trained at the Fine Arts Dept. of Ha'erbin Institute of Education. Before migrating to Australia in the late 1980s, Shen had exhibited his works at many museums such as the National Art Gallery in Beijing, and had received national and international awards for his woodblock prints.
The work, in his characteristic style of rich colouring, depicts farmers working in the field in northern China.
Asian Art Dept. AGNSW, April 2002
