Chronology Entry
Year
1946
Text
Ye, Lingfeng. Du shui sui bi [ID D27683].
Linda Pui-ling Wong : Oscar Wilde's fortune in China is closely connected with Aubrey Beardsley's. Readers may not fail to feel in his paintings the sense of decadence, which is a strange mixture of horror and beauty. Many of his works feature literary figures or episodes. Some of his contemporaries considered him obscene and improper for the public because of the naked figures in his works. Writers like Tian Han, Lu Xun, Ye Lingfeng and Zhang Wentian introduced Beardsley eagerly to the Chinese public. Tian Han had some of Beardsley's paintings reproduced in his magazine Nan guo zhou kan, either as cover designs or illustrations. Beardsley appeared to be a right model for young people because of his unusual way of painting. The naked bodies in his works were regarded as icons in themselves declaring independence from moral and social constraints.
Linda Pui-ling Wong : Oscar Wilde's fortune in China is closely connected with Aubrey Beardsley's. Readers may not fail to feel in his paintings the sense of decadence, which is a strange mixture of horror and beauty. Many of his works feature literary figures or episodes. Some of his contemporaries considered him obscene and improper for the public because of the naked figures in his works. Writers like Tian Han, Lu Xun, Ye Lingfeng and Zhang Wentian introduced Beardsley eagerly to the Chinese public. Tian Han had some of Beardsley's paintings reproduced in his magazine Nan guo zhou kan, either as cover designs or illustrations. Beardsley appeared to be a right model for young people because of his unusual way of painting. The naked bodies in his works were regarded as icons in themselves declaring independence from moral and social constraints.
Mentioned People (1)
Ye, Lingfeng
(Nanjing, Jiangsu 1905-1975) : Schriftsteller
Subjects
Art : Painting and Calligraphy
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Literature : Occident : Ireland