Spoilum

Spoilum (also known by the Chinese name Guan Zuolin) was a Chinese artist active in Guangzhou between 1785 and 1810. He painted portraits of Chinese and Western merchants and sea captains in the Western style painting with oil on canvas rather than ink on paper or silk in the Chinese style.[1] His portraits of Western merchants typically required a two or three hour sitting, and cost $10.[2] He also mastered the European technique of reverse glass painting. Little is known of his life, although he was one of a family of painters, including his grandson Lam Qua, and is said to have traveled extensively in the West.[3]

Portrait of Eshing, Spoilum

References

  1. ↑ Corrigan, Korina. "A World of Connections at the Peabody Essex Museum". Antiques and Fine Arts.
  2. ↑ Perdue, Peter C. "Spoilum (Guan Zuolin)". Rise & Fall of the Canton System. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Liu, ed. by Lydia H. (1999). Tokens of exchange : the problem of translation in global circulations. Durham (N.C.): Duke University Press. p. 243. ISBN 0822324245.

Further reading

Perdue, Peter C. "Rise & Fall of the Canton System: III Canton & Hong Kong". MIT Visualizing Cultures. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 3 May 2014.  "Spoilum's Lord Macartney painting could make $175,000". Retrieved 3 May 2014.  Huang, Michelle (2014). The Reception of Chinese Art Across Cultures. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 33–34. 

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