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Institute of East Asian Art History Exhibition Opening “Pu Quan (1912–1991): From Imperial Prince to Proletarian Painter”

  • Monday, 8. December 2025, 17:00 - 19:30
  • CATS · R.010.01.05 · Voßstraße 2 · 69115 Heidelberg
    • Shelagh Vainker, Curator of Chinese Art, Ashmolean Museum / Associate Professor of Chinese Art, Oxford University
    • Prof. Dr. Sarah E. Fraser, Institut für Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens, Universität Heidelberg
    • Dr. Monica Klasing Chen, Institut für Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens, Universität Heidelberg

The Institute of East Asian Art History at Heidelberg University invites you to the opening of the exhibition “Pu Quan (1912–1991): From Imperial Prince to Proletarian Painter,” which will be on display from December 8, 2025, in the Library of the Center for Asian Studies and Transcultural Studies (CATS Library). Visitors can look forward to an introduction to the exhibition, a live painting slam, as well as an evening lecture on “The Ashmolean Collection of Modern Chinese Painting” by Shelagh Vainker, Curator of Chinese Art at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

More on the exhibition

Pu Quan (1913–1991), Early Clearing After Spring Rain, 1960, Private Collection

  • Address

    Centrum für Asienwissenschaften und Transkulturelle Studien
    CATS Auditorium R.010.01.05 | 1. OG
    Voßstraße 2
    69115Heidelberg

  • Event Type

    Sonstiges

Program

17:00 Welcome by Prof. Sarah E. Fraser (Institute of East Asian Art History)
Auditorium 010.01.05 | Voßstraße 2 | 69115 Heidelberg

17:15 Opening Lecture: “The Ashmolean Collection of Modern Chinese Painting”
Speaker: Shelagh Vainker (Curator of Chinese Art at the Ashmolean and Associate Professor of Chinese Art in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford University)
Auditorium 010.01.05 | Voßstraße 2 | 69115 Heidelberg

18:15 Painting Slam: Live painting (Moderated by Dr. Monica Klasing Chen, Institute of East Asian Art History)
CATS Library, upper floor staircase | Voßstraße 2 | 69115 Heidelberg

19:00–19:30 Opening and Guided Introduction to the Exhibition “Pu Quan (1912–1991): From Imperial Prince to Proletarian Painter”
Hanno Lecher, Head of the CATS Library, and Prof. Sarah E. Fraser
CATS Library, foyer | Voßstraße 2 | 69115 Heidelberg

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