Nineteenth-Century French Painting of Rural Life on Diplomatic Mission to China

Paysages et paysans: la vie rurale en France au XIXe siècle, 1820–1905 was the anodyne title of a loan exhibition inaugurated in March of 1978 at Beijing’s National Gallery of China. As the first exhibition of Western painting in China after the instauration of the Communist regime in 1949, the sho...

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Vydáno v:French Politics, Culture & Society | 41 | 2 | 2023-12-07 | p. 71-96 | 1537-6370
Hlavní autor: Sánchez, Gonzalo J.
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Jazyk:Français
Vydáno: 2023
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spelling cairn-FPCS_412_0071FPCSFrench Politics, Culture & Society https://shs.cairn.info/revue-french-politics-culture-and-society-2023-2-page-71?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3167/fpcs.2023.410204 Nineteenth-Century French Painting of Rural Life on Diplomatic Mission to China Sánchez, Gonzalo J.2023 Chinese cultural revolution and FranceFrance and ChinaFranco–Chinese relationsFrench cultural diplomacyFrench cultural exchangesFrench realist paintingsnineteenth centurypeasants and landscapesfre French Politics, Culture & Society | 41 | 2 | 2023-12-07 | p. 71-96 | 1537-6370 FPCS_41222 Paysages et paysans: la vie rurale en France au XIXe siècle, 1820–1905 was the anodyne title of a loan exhibition inaugurated in March of 1978 at Beijing’s National Gallery of China. As the first exhibition of Western painting in China after the instauration of the Communist regime in 1949, the show was a cultural-diplomatic landmark; its planning and reception can refresh our understanding of both Franco–Chinese cultural relations in the waning years of Maoism and the diplomatically recuperative uses of French nineteenth-century painting. This article uncovers the rationales of French actors and institutions as revealed in archival documents and then scrutinizes the unexpected reception of an art exhibition that remains an important episode in cross-cultural relations and aesthetic reclamation.Cairn free access
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topic Chinese cultural revolution and France
France and China
Franco–Chinese relations
French cultural diplomacy
French cultural exchanges
French realist paintings
nineteenth century
peasants and landscapes
spellingShingle Chinese cultural revolution and France
France and China
Franco–Chinese relations
French cultural diplomacy
French cultural exchanges
French realist paintings
nineteenth century
peasants and landscapes
Sánchez, Gonzalo J.
Nineteenth-Century French Painting of Rural Life on Diplomatic Mission to China
topic_facet Chinese cultural revolution and France
France and China
Franco–Chinese relations
French cultural diplomacy
French cultural exchanges
French realist paintings
nineteenth century
peasants and landscapes
description Paysages et paysans: la vie rurale en France au XIXe siècle, 1820–1905 was the anodyne title of a loan exhibition inaugurated in March of 1978 at Beijing’s National Gallery of China. As the first exhibition of Western painting in China after the instauration of the Communist regime in 1949, the show was a cultural-diplomatic landmark; its planning and reception can refresh our understanding of both Franco–Chinese cultural relations in the waning years of Maoism and the diplomatically recuperative uses of French nineteenth-century painting. This article uncovers the rationales of French actors and institutions as revealed in archival documents and then scrutinizes the unexpected reception of an art exhibition that remains an important episode in cross-cultural relations and aesthetic reclamation.
author Sánchez, Gonzalo J.
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title Nineteenth-Century French Painting of Rural Life on Diplomatic Mission to China
title_short Nineteenth-Century French Painting of Rural Life on Diplomatic Mission to China
title_full Nineteenth-Century French Painting of Rural Life on Diplomatic Mission to China
title_fullStr Nineteenth-Century French Painting of Rural Life on Diplomatic Mission to China
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