Ancient chinese paintings in America

Produced by the Harmon Foundation, USA, this film uses selected examples from the Chinese collections in three leading American museums. Mr. Wango Weng presents a survey of the history of chinese painting, and the representative art of each dynasty is shown.

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Collection

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Credits

producer

Wan-go Wen

production company

China Institute in America

Harmon Foundation

Duration

00:11:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1942

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000359

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - China

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art museums

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Chinese

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

History → History

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1942

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