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Guo Wenlin

05-2885GushuhualinmofuzhijiyiTraditional CraftsmanshipGugongbowuyuanBatch 5 (2018)

Lineage & School of Heritage

In 1979 he joined the Palace Museum Conservation Workshop, now the Department of Conservation Science of the Palace Museum, and studied the copying and replication of ancient painting and calligraphy successively under Feng Zhonglian, Chen Linzhai and Jin Zhongyu.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, of Manchu ethnicity, born in March 1953 in Beijing. He is a national representative bearer of the Copying and Replication of Ancient Painting and Calligraphy, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has worked for forty years in the copying and replication of ancient painting and calligraphy. Representative works include the Western Han silk painting from Mawangdui, Zhang Xuan's Spring Outing of Lady Guoguo of the Tang dynasty, Zhao Ji's Listening to the Qin of the Song dynasty, Tang Yin's Palace Ladies of the Shu Court of the Ming dynasty, Lang Shining's Album of Flowers of the Qing dynasty, Ai Qimeng's Ten Steeds of the Qing dynasty, and the plaques and couplets of the Taihe, Zhonghe and Baohe Halls of the Palace Museum; his copies have twice been exhibited in Hong Kong. He is the author of Basic Techniques of Painting and Calligraphy Copying. He attaches importance to transmitting the craft and has trained apprentices including Zhang Rui and Ju Jianwei.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Guo Wenlin · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Gushuhualinmofuzhijiyi
Item code
Ⅷ-202
Category
Traditional Craftsmanship
Region
Gugongbowuyuan
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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