Date of Award
2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Brion, Katherine
Area of Concentration
Humanities
Abstract
Pan Yuliang (1895-1977) was a Chinese artist specializing in a Western painting style who spent the majority of her artistic career in Paris. Until recently, Pan was revered not because of her art but because of her sensational life. Recently, however, there has been a blossoming of art historical research on her art, usually with a biographical lens. The majority of Pan’s art is innately tied to her identity as a Chinese woman artist. As Pan had multiple intersecting identities in a tumultuous, dynamic time, and spent time in both China and the West, she had a unique view of the world, and her art often reflected those facets of her identity. Pan’s professional self-portraits and female nudes, in particular, reveal how she explored and shaped her intersecting identities. I argue that Pan referenced and appropriated Western artistic traditions, notably the professional self-portrait and the female nude, in order to explore, curate, and reclaim each facet of her identity.
Recommended Citation
Vorce, Amanda, "PAN YULIANG’S EXPLORATION, CREATION, AND RECLAMATION OF HER IDENTITY" (2020). Theses & ETDs. 6010.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/6010