​A Century of Collecting Chinese Painting at Oberlin College   
Kevin Greenwood, PhD
Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art, 
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College    
​9 January, 2021          
​9:30 am - 11:00 am, PST (US & Canada)
Happy New Year from First Saturday PDX !!  Thank you for coming along with this season's programs as we switched to an online format with Zoom, and your new and ongoing interest.  Attendance has increased monthly,  including welcome participants from all over the globe!  Best wishes to you and yours as we look ahead to a healthy and joyful 2021 - as we adapt, we thrive!  

Video recordings of all our presentations from this season are available on our First Saturday PDX YouTube channel via our website here.  

Meanwhile, below are details for our January presentation -  register now - we look forward to seeing you there!

The First Saturday PDX Planning Committee

​Join First Saturday PDX  as Kevin Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) at Oberlin College, takes us for a brief but lively overview of the impressive but little known collection of Chinese paintings at the AMAM.   The earliest painting, dating to the 14th century, is a Buddhist hanging scroll of an arhat and attendants by an anonymous painter.  This presentation will include works ranging from the 14th to the 21st centuries, with such luminaries as Xie Shichen from the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Hong, Gao Fenghan, Wang Jian and Wang Yuanqi from the Qing Dynasty, and from the modern and contemporary schools, Wu Changshuo, Chang Dai-chien, Liu Haisu, Zeng Fanzhi and more.
​About the speaker:
Kevin R. E. Greenwood is the inaugural Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, and joined the museum staff in 2014. His current exhibitions include "The Enchantment of the Everyday: East Asian Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection," and "Interrogating Beauties," a critical reevaluation of the genre of bijinga in Japanese art. His most recent publication is “A Lasting Legacy: The Mary A. Ainsworth Collection,” in Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College (2019). Dr. Greenwood received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. His research interests include art of the Chinese imperial court of the eighteenth-century, and more broadly, Buddhist art, Chinese painting, East Asian contemporary art, and Chinese and Japanese garden architecture. 
All images: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
1.  Zhāng Hóng 张宏 / 張宏 (Chinese, 1577–1668). Ancient Erudition, from the album Figures in Settings, 1649.
Album leaf, ink and color on silk. Gift of Carol S. Brooks in honor of her father, George J. Schlenker, and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1997.29.14K

2.  Wáng Jiàn 王鉴 / 王鑑 (Chinese, 1598–1677). Landscape in the Manner of Zhao Mengfu, 1661. Hanging scroll, ink on paper. Gift of Carol S. Brooks in honor of her father, George J. Schlenker, and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1997.29.8
Recommended at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College: 
https://amam.oberlin.edu/

Virtual Reality Tour:
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=sm6LYvahtka
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Available Virtual Backgrounds:
https://amam.oberlin.edu/learn/resources

Up-coming FREE virtual programs offered by Oberlin College Allen Memorial Art Museum (the webpage may say events are cancelled but many events are actually now VIRTUAL):
https://amam.oberlin.edu/learn/programs

Exhibitions & Events hosted by the Oberlin College Allen Memorial Event:
https://amam.oberlin.edu/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/current

More videos:
https://vimeo.com/amam

​Recommended Site Searches:
Schlenker Collection
Sandra Eula Lee (contemporary artist - sculpture and multi-meida works)
Yang Yongliang (contemporary artist - digital collages and videos)
Yun-Fei Ji (contemporary artist - watercolor and ink)

Kevin Greenwood's Tea Talk about Auspicious Still Life:
https://vimeo.com/417761701

Join us after the webinar from 11 - 11:30am in our First Saturday PDX Tea House to further the discussion and online social time.  Bring your cup of tea! 
​(Separate access link for this provided in your single registration for this event.)

​This presentation is offered via Zoom Webinar:
  • ​Join from computer, tablet, or smartphone. 
  • Register Here ​ to receive access links in the same confirmation email for joining the webinar and the Tea House.
  • See our Zoom page for information on how to connect to our online events.  
Our program series is co-sponsored by Portland State University's Institute for Asian Studies and the Northwest China Council, and is free and open to the public.