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SHANGHAI Fine Arts Publisher, founded in 1960, is the only publisher of fine arts books in the city. Throughout its history, the publisher has built a name for itself with its eclectic catalog covering a variety of artistic styles and themes.
The prestigious publisher is a stand-out in the art-book section of this year’s Shanghai Book Fair, where it is currently presenting a selection of interesting new titles.
The Book Fair will go through next Tuesday.
Recommended titles from the publisher include the popular Chinese-language translation of “Van Gogh’s Secret” by Liesbeth Heenk.
Based on letters written by Van Gogh, the book focuses on the famed artist’s inner struggles, his relationships with women and his often strained living conditions.
For those who want to learn more about one of the world’s most iconic artists, this book is well worth a look.
As for titles on Chinese artists, the publisher also recommends “Wu Changshuo’s Carvings.”
This volume features nearly 1,500 images of seal carvings by Wu (1844-1927), one of most prominent seal carvers of the late Qing (1644-1911) period as well as a renowned painter and calligrapher.
This new book includes several seal images which have never before been seen by the public. Enlarged seal engravings are presented throughout the volume for readers to study.
As companion pieces to this volume, the publisher points to “Chinese Rubbings from Ancient Tablets” and “Comprehensive Mirror of Chinese Bird and Flower Paintings.”
Another highlighted title is the Chinese translation of “Symbols of Eternity: The Art of Landscape Painting in China” by Michael Sullivan, one of the West’s most respected critics of Oriental art. The book, originally published in 1979, is based on a speech made by Sullivan several years earlier at Oxford University.
Outside of China, “Symbols of Eternity” has long been required reading for students of Chinese landscape paintings.
Similarly, the publisher is also using the fair to promote another book which approaches the Chinese art world from a foreign perspective: “A Dealer’s Hand: The Chinese Art World through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi.”
In this translated book, Eskenazi, a leading figure in the business of Chinese antique sales, offers an overview of the critical events and people which have shaped his five-decade-long career.
The book is illustrated by nearly 600 pictures of Chinese antiques — including furniture pieces and bronze, jade and porcelain objects — which have passed through Eskenazi’s hands.
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