CHINA CHRISTIAN DAILY
By Yi Yang
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| Detail of hanging scroll, ink on silk |
CHINA---Recently, in a modern painting exhibition held by the Tianjin Art Museum, the works of the past Catholic painter
Chen Yuandu was shown for the first time to the public.
Chen Yuandu was hailed as the pioneer of the "localization" of Catholic art in modern China.
Chen Yuandu (1902-1967) original name
Chen Xu, was well known as
Luke Chen in history, which he was sacred named after his conversion to Catholicism. Formerly, he was teaching Chinese traditional paintings in Fu Jen Catholic University's Department of Art, pioneered the style of painting Saints with the Chinese traditional way which was highly appreciated and respected by the archbishop Cardinal Celso Costantini (widely named Gang Heng-yi in China). [
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| Chen Yuandu‘s painting: Jesus crucified on the cross: Chen's Painting with the Chinese Traditional way.(credit: Photo Provided to CCD) |
