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Authorities investigate loss of Tian'anmen paintings
By Wang Qingchu |
August 24, 2011, Wednesday
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BEIJING disciplinary authority has conducted an investigation after a whistleblower exposed that eight precious paintings kept in the Tian'anmen Tower or Gate of Heavenly Peace in the heart of Beijing, have gone missing.
The anonymous insider said the eight paintings were donated by seven Chinese artists in the early 1990s and some of them became moldy due to poor management.
One of the lost paintings was created by Wu Tuanliang, chairman of the Heilongjiang Artist Association. Wu provided a written statement about the painting when Beijing investigators came to Harbin, the capital of the northeastern province.
Wu donated a 2.6-meter-long and 1-meter-wide Chinese ink painting to the Tian'anmen Tower in 1991. He couldn't recall the name of the painting as it was a long time ago but remembered it was a grassland landscape.
The Tian'anmen management committee said some government agencies sometimes borrowed its collection for display, so it was possible that the paintings were on loan to others.
A committee official told the newspaper that they would make a public explanation after the investigation is over.
The management committee should take responsibility for losing or damaging its collections and the persons involved are punishable for dereliction of duty, Yin Fuqiang, a lawyer with Beijing Long'an Law Firm, said.
The anonymous insider said the eight paintings were donated by seven Chinese artists in the early 1990s and some of them became moldy due to poor management.
One of the lost paintings was created by Wu Tuanliang, chairman of the Heilongjiang Artist Association. Wu provided a written statement about the painting when Beijing investigators came to Harbin, the capital of the northeastern province.
Wu donated a 2.6-meter-long and 1-meter-wide Chinese ink painting to the Tian'anmen Tower in 1991. He couldn't recall the name of the painting as it was a long time ago but remembered it was a grassland landscape.
The Tian'anmen management committee said some government agencies sometimes borrowed its collection for display, so it was possible that the paintings were on loan to others.
A committee official told the newspaper that they would make a public explanation after the investigation is over.
The management committee should take responsibility for losing or damaging its collections and the persons involved are punishable for dereliction of duty, Yin Fuqiang, a lawyer with Beijing Long'an Law Firm, said.
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