Hsieh Shih-ch'ên: A Ming Dynasty Painter Reinterprets the Past

11 January–26 February 1978

The exhibition includes thirty-three paintings by the 16th century Chinese artist, Hsieh Shih-ch’en, which demonstrate the special character of the Ming Dynasty. They display a wide variety of styles, subjects, and media and include hanging scrolls, hand scrolls, album leaves, and fan paintings. Landscape painting dominates Hsieh Shih-ch’en’s work, but his personal interpretation of different ancient Chinese styles brings a freshness to his subject.

Curator and Catalogue: Mary Lawton, Ph.D. from the Department of Art, University of Chicago.

The paintings in the exhibition are on loan from private collections and institutions such as the Cleveland Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Princeton University Art Museum. The exhibition was made possible by assistance from the Illinois Arts Council, the Harold T. Martin Fund and the Woods Charitable Trust fund. 

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