She Guoping
Lineage & School of Heritage
He was born into a family of carvers. In 1965 he was apprenticed to his father, the outstanding folk woodcarving master She Wenke, at the Putian Arts and Crafts Factory, and he subsequently undertook advanced study at an academy of fine arts on two occasions.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in October 1949 in Putian, Fujian Province. A Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts. His works display consummate technique, combining the spirit of traditional Chinese sculpture with the realist style of the academies, and occupy a distinctive place in the trade. He designed and produced large woodcarving statues of the Buddha, including “Shakyamuni”, “the Holy Guanyin”, “the Three Saints of the Western Pure Land” and “the Benevolent Kings”, for the Muryoju-ji Temple on Mount Sanpo in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Wood Carving (Putian woodcarving), a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
- Wood Carving Ⅶ-58
Profile
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