Father and son
Wen Yiduo, a Chinese luminary from the first half of the 20th century, not only achieved a lot in the literary field but also made sketches, illustrations and magazine cover designs and engraved seals. Wen's accomplishments in modern Chinese art and culture went on to inspire the career of his youngest child, Wen Lipeng, who became a noted oil painter. Ode to the Red Candle, an exhibition at Tsinghua University Art Museum, marks the art and intellectual spirit of the father-son duo. On show are Wen Yiduo's sketches, designs, seal carvings and documents and dozens of Wen Lipeng's oil paintings, including an iconic portrait of Wen Yiduo. They will help the audience understand and remember a generation of Chinese scholars, represented by Wen Yiduo, whose unremitting efforts contributed to social progress. Wen Yiduo once said, "Surely I love China because it is my motherland, but particularly because of its venerable culture." Wen Lipeng says his father "expressed beauty with his brush, extolled beauty with his poetry, appreciated beauty with his words, and devoted his life to pursuing and creating beauty". The exhibition runs through Aug 21.
9 am-5 pm, closed on Mondays. Tsinghua University campus, Haidian district, Beijing. 010-6278-1012.
