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Two Chinese Bapo paintings by anonymous artist, 20th century.
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Colour and ink on paper. With seal in red and calligraphy. Measure motif 31 x 105.5 cm. Frame 35 x 107.5 cm.

Not examined out of frames.

Location
Västberga Allé 3. 126 30 Hägersten -T42
Literature

Read, Nancy Berliner, "The 'Eight Brokens', Chinese Trompe-l'oeil Painting", Orientations February 1992, pp. 61-66.

Chinas hidden century 1796-1912. Edited by Jessica Harrison-Hall, and Julia Lovell. See chapter 3, Elite Art.

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Bapo 八破 (literally 'eight-brokens') or jinhuidui 錦灰堆 (literally 'a pile of brocade and ashes') is a fascinating genre of Chinese painting that emerged in the late Qing and was popular in the early 20th century. Using trompe-l'oeil techniques, artists carefully created seemingly random collages of two dimensional images, including fragments of paintings, book pages, calligraphic rubbings, letters and ephemeral scraps.

The subject matter of these paintings bear a humble countenance--they are folded and torn, burnt or scarred. However a closer examination of the individual elements reveals the artist's deep understanding of the traditions of calligraphy and painting.

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Cecilia Nordström
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