pekinees

During the 1930s and 1940s... 

a group of Chinese Christian artists was active at the Catholic University of Peking (founded 1925). 

These young artists tried to express the Christian faith in a Chinese way, and their style is known as Ars Sacra Pekinensis. About 500 works have been preserved and collected, most of them stemming from three men: 

 
Lu Hongnian 陆鸿年

Chen Yuandu 陈缘督

Wang Suda 王肃达

Since the Second World War... 

and the political changes after 1949 interrupted their work... 

these painters are largely forgotten. 

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