The Ghost Painter

Shelagh Vainker, the Curator of Chinese Art, introduces us to Miao Jiahui, the ‘ghost painter’ of the Chinese Empress Dowager. The Ashmolean holds a rare painting of some peonies, in which she came out of the shadows by signing her name as the artist. Peonies by Miao Jiahui – View it here If you want to take a closer look at the painting discussed in this episode, you can view it at the link above, or visit the podcast page on the Ashmolean website: ashmolean.org/museum-secrets Producer: Lucie Dawkins Presenters: Lucie Dawkins and Shelagh Vainker About Museum Secrets: The curators at the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology have been recording bite-sized tales of the wonderful, and sometimes unexpected, life of a museum. We can’t wait to share them with you! Join us every weekday for 3 weeks, from 28 December onwards, for a daily dose of cheer. Support the show

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The Ghost Painter is an episode from Museum Secrets by Ashmolean Museum.

This episode is 7:05 long.

This episode was published on Jan 15, 2021.

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