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Soga Shohaku (Japanese, 1730–1781). Chinese Landscape (detail), c. 1770. Pair of six-fold screens, ink and light colors on paper. Each 67 5/8 x 134 inches. Tyler Museum of Art, gift of Julietta Jarvis, Troup, Texas
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Asian Art Expert to Speak on Chinese Landscape Screens Tyler, TX—Art enthusiasts will get their first opportunity to view a pair of mid-18th century folding screens painted by one of Japan's most prolific and eccentric artists during a special lecture and reception set for September 29 at 4 p.m. at the Tyler Museum of Art, 1300 S. Mahon. The pair of six-fold screens known as Chinese Landscape were painted by Soga Shohaku (Japanese, 1730–1781) around 1770. The screens were recently donated to the TMA by the late Julietta Jarvis of Troup, a long-time supporter of the Museum and active member until her death in April 2007. The lecture and reception, sponsored by Eleanor and Harold Cameron, are open to the public; reservations should be requested by calling 903-595-1001. Shohaku, considered one of the most important painters of Japan's Edo period (1515–1868), is often credited as being the vanguard for his contemporaries, encouraging other artists to be bold in showing their individuality, as he did in his many expressive, energetic paintings. The Chinese landscape scene on the Jarvis screens was a common subject in Japanese art of the time. This addition to the TMA permanent collection puts the Museum in excellent company, as other Shohaku screens are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Kyoto National Museum, the British Museum and many others. Emily J. Sano, Ph.D., director of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, will speak at the Tyler Museum of Art event with a lecture entitled "Soga Shohaku: An 18th Century Eccentric Painter." Dr. Sano joined the Asian Art Museum's staff as chief curator, deputy director and chief administrative officer in January 1993. Prior to that time she served as deputy director of collections and exhibitions and senior curator of non-Western art at the Dallas Museum of Art. She has also worked in similar capacities for the Kimbell Museum in Fort Worth. At both institutions, Dr. Sano organized exhibitions and displays of Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Islamic and Japanese art, including the landmark exhibition, The Great Age of Japanese Buddhist Sculpture at the Kimbell in 1982, the first major showing of Japanese sculpture ever presented in the United States. The catalogues of two other important exhibitions organized by Dr. Sano, The Blood of Kings: A New Interpretation of Maya Art (1984) and Painters of the Great Mind: The Imperial Court and the Che School (1993) received the College Art Association's Alfred Barr Award for the most distinguished work of scholarship in an exhibition publication. "This is an incredible opportunity for East Texans to hear from a world-renowned expert in the field of Asian art," said Kimberley Tomio, TMA director. "We are very appreciative of the donation of these beautiful screens and the generosity of the Camerons for helping us share knowledge of them with the public." Dr. Sano received her undergraduate degree at Indiana University, master of arts and master of philosophy degrees from Columbia University in New York, and her Ph.D. in art history from Indiana University. She has lectured and published worldwide and is the recipient of many professional grants and honors, including Fulbright-Hays, Carnegie, Woodrow Wilson, and Metropolitan Foundation awards. This special TMA Fall Lecture coincides with the current exhibition, Curator's Choice: Selections from the Permanent Collection. The free exhibition, showing in the Bell Gallery through January 20, 2008, includes numerous rarely-seen pieces from the Museum's 800+ piece permanent collection. The Chinese Landscape screens will be on display only through October 7, as various pieces from the permanent collection are rotated through the exhibition creating a continuously changing experience for TMA visitors. Exhibition hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 903-595-1001. |