Shuangyan
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of seven he began learning to make painted clay figurines from his father Shuang Qixiang.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Manchu ethnicity, born in April 1958 in Beijing. A master of Beijing folk craft and the fourth-generation bearer of the Beijing Rabbit God (Tuer Ye). His skills are proficient and refined; his means of expression are exaggerated, his forms concise and vivid, with an emphasis on symmetry and strong colour contrasts, and he has inherited and carried forward the technical characteristics and artistic style of traditional Beijing folk painted clay sculpture. He has taken part in many Chinese and foreign folk culture and art exchanges, and many of his works have been collected by national-level museums and art galleries in China and abroad. Representative works include Bringing Blessings Home and Abundance Year after Year. Since 2000 he has taken apprentices and taught, devoting himself to transmitting the art of Beijing Rabbit God painted clay sculpture.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Clay Sculpture (Beijing Rabbit God), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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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