Jiawei shen biography books
This book contains Wang Lan's representative works over the past 36 years, as well as essays about her art, and the personal, cultural, and social contexts....
In recent years, Shen Jiawei has researched and written several books.
Painting History: China's Revolution in a Global Context - Softcover
Synopsis
The celebrity artist Shen Jiawei's history paintings are held at the National Museum, Art Museum, and Military Museum in Beijing, as well in public or private collections in the Vatican, Australia, China, the United States, New Zealand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the European Union.
In addition to being famous for his history paintings, Shen is a leading portraitist who has painted the official portraits of dignitaries such as Pope Francis, Princess Mary of Denmark and Australian Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove.
While a significant number of excellent artists have emerged in China with backgrounds like Shen Jiawei's, very few have written significant studies about their experiences that can serve to expand the basis of our knowledge of those times, and about how and why art flourished in China in those times.
A bibliophile, Shen is an avid, meticulous reader and thinker.
Importantly, he is dedica
