AESTHETIC CHINESE PAINTING TECHNIQUE BY ARTISTS LEE MAN FONG
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Chinese painting is an artistic entity with its own rules and arguments that make its paintings
unique and distinctive. This article is specifically about the Chinese painting of Lee Man Fong.
His background is that of an artist living and working in the Chinese diaspora in Indonesia, who
used to be a trusted assistant to President Sukarno in selecting artworks for the State Palace. This
problem attempts to explain the aesthetic aspect of understanding traditional Chinese painting,
which deviates from the principles of ancient Chinese painting. Applying a descriptive analysis
method with an aesthetic approach aims to decipher the meaning contained in Lee Man Fong’s
work, which shows a tendency toward Chinese painting, such as the presence of objects like
birds, fish, and female figures against the background of elements of Taoist and Confucian
beliefs in his works. unconsciously with the principles of the canon of Chinese art realised in the
Xieyi style, one of the trends in Chinese painting.
Keyword: Lee Man Fong, Xieyi, Chinese Painting
unique and distinctive. This article is specifically about the Chinese painting of Lee Man Fong.
His background is that of an artist living and working in the Chinese diaspora in Indonesia, who
used to be a trusted assistant to President Sukarno in selecting artworks for the State Palace. This
problem attempts to explain the aesthetic aspect of understanding traditional Chinese painting,
which deviates from the principles of ancient Chinese painting. Applying a descriptive analysis
method with an aesthetic approach aims to decipher the meaning contained in Lee Man Fong’s
work, which shows a tendency toward Chinese painting, such as the presence of objects like
birds, fish, and female figures against the background of elements of Taoist and Confucian
beliefs in his works. unconsciously with the principles of the canon of Chinese art realised in the
Xieyi style, one of the trends in Chinese painting.
Keyword: Lee Man Fong, Xieyi, Chinese Painting
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26742/caij.v2i2.2428
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