Situated at the foot of Baiyun Mountain and on the shore of Luhu lake, GuangZhou Art Museum was located on the Yuehu Rode, Guangzhou. It occupies the buliding area of nealy 40,000 m2. It is a large comprehenensive art museum constructed with the funds appropriated by the People’s Government of Guangzhou，which started to be built in 1995 and was completed on the whole in 2000.
Guangzhou Museum of Art is a large-scale comprehensive art museum in South china and a cultural and artistic palace of ancient and modern treasures. The exhibitions of Guangzhou Museum of Art are mainly based on the calligraphies and paintings of successive dynasties in China，featured by collections in Lingnan area and also covers other types of art work.
Guangzhou Museum of Art
Guangzhou Art Museum own more than 24,000 collections, many are gazetted as national heritage. The most precious collections of museum are Muozhutu painted by Wen Tong in Song dynasty (one of the three perious pieces left in the world: the other two are now in Beijing and Taiwan respectively), Shanggaoshuichang painted by Dai Jing (22 meters) in Ming dynasty and Yuzhutu painted by Li Heng in Yuan dynasty. Among them, Muozhutu is most cherished.
Famous construction designer, Mo Bozhi, academician member of the chinese Academy of Engendering, hosted the construction design of the museum. The design draws on the Lingnan traditional construction style. White is the dominant color of the structure, which looks dignified, elegant and magnificent with its colonnade of red sandrocks. Buildings and statues live harmoniously with surrounding environment which forms the architectural complex in graceful disorder and with delicate decoration.
The overall environment of Guangzhou Museum of Art features a rich artistic atmosphere: on the square in front of the main gate stands the sculpture Impressions of Century (by Tang Daxi) expressing the glory of human culture. On the left of the museum, there is a tower. The detailed part of the tower contains the connotation to the Chinese words “羊”(sheep) and “丰”(harvest) which refer to the alias of Guangzhou, namely, Yangcheng or Suicheng. The red sandrock wall on the south of the main gate is graved with picture of prehistorical period which shows the long history of Lingnan culture. The main entrance of the museum is decorated by spectacular red sandrock corridor with tall beams and three couples of elegant and magnificent carved gate out of solid wood, which express an artistic beauty of the museum. “Twelve flower fairies” statues with classic garden style by sculptor Liang Mingcheng stand in the inner court of the museum, which are graceful and different from each other. The construction of the museum uses traditional Chinese courtyard design. The towers in different shapes perform as the transition parts which make the architectural complex in picturesque order. The detailed part of the construction, like the fire-sealing gable, the Han and Tang dynasty styled eave rafter, and stone carved dragon decoration with Lingnan local characteristics, demonstrates the culture and style of the Lingnan area.
Masters of painting and calligraphy such as Gao Jianfu, Chen Shuren, Zhao Shaoang, Li Xiongcai, Guan Shanyue, Yang Shanshen, Lai Shaoqi, Liao Bingxiong, Yang Zhiguang, leading collectors such as Ou chu, Zhao Tailai, musician Ma Sicong, have the celebrity galleries named after them in the Guangzhou Museum of Art. Besides its affluent collections, the museum also holds large-scale special exhibitions for promoting international cultural exchange.
Address: 13 Luhu Road, Guangzhou (510095)
Exhibition: Traditional Chinese paintings, oil paintings, prints, watercolors,
cartoons and sculptures from various periods of time, as well as
artware such as thang-ka, pottery and paper-cut Scale: Site area
–40,000m2
Opening Hours: 9:00-17:00 Tuesday through Friday, 9:30-16:30 on Saturday
and Sunday; closed on Monday
Admission: RMB 20
Tel: (8620) 83659337, (8620) 83659202, (8620) 83659027
Fax: (8620) 83659386
Website: http://www.gzam.com.cn/
Transportation: Take Bus No. 10, 63, 297, 808 or 883 and get off at the Hengfu Road station, take Bus No.109, 110, 111 or 184 and get off at the Hengzhigang station, take Bus No. 190, 544 or 546 and get off at the Mijing Road station, take Bus No. 522, 560 or 561 and get off at Guangshi Hotel station, or take Metro Line 2 and get off at the Yuexiu Station.