Yang Qihe
Lineage & School of Heritage
At thirteen he learned painted sculpture, mural painting, wood carving and seal carving from his father Yang Weifu. Building on the skills of the three preceding generations of bearers, he sought instruction from many teachers and absorbed the strengths of various folk arts, forming a "Yang family art" style that integrates clay sculpture, painting, wood engraving, seal carving, paper cutting and pyrography.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
He practised the craft for more than seventy years, travelling throughout the Northwest and creating a large body of painted sculpture with strong local character.
Honors & Recognition
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in June 1930 and deceased in December 2016, a native of Longde County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. He was a representative bearer of Clay Sculpture (Yang Family Clay Sculpture), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He is the fourth-generation bearer of Yang family painted sculpture and a recipient of the Xinchuan Award for Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Bearers of the Chinese Academy of Arts (China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center). He took part in many exhibitions at home and abroad and received awards, and many of his works are held by friends and collectors in China and abroad.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
- Clay Sculpture Ⅶ-47
Profile
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