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Canonical name: Sullivan, Michael
Legal name: Sullivan, Donovan Michael
Other names: 蘇立文
Birthdate: 1916-10-29
Date of death: 2013-09-28
Gender: male
Nationality: Canada (birth)
UK (naturalization)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Place of death: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Places of residence: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Stanford, California, USA
Education: Harvard University (PhD ∙ Fine Arts ∙ 1952)
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, UK (BA|1939)
Rugby School
Occupations: art historian
university professor
Relationships: Sullivan, Alan (father)
Organizations: Oxford University (St. Catherine's College)
Stanford University
University of London School of Oriental and African Studies
University of Singapore
International and Chinese Red Cross
Awards and honors: American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1977)
American Friends of Shanghai Museum lifetime achievement award (2012)

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Symbols of eternity: the art of landscape painting… by Michael (China) Sullivan

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CathyLockhart | Sep 30, 2022 |

The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art, Revised and… by Michæl Sullivan

In this book, Michael Sullivan leads the reader through four centuries of exciting interaction between the artists of China and Japan and those of Western Europe. From Hokusai to van Gogh, Sullivan shows how the study of artistic interpretation has significantly enlarged and enriched our vision of artists and their aims and ideals both East and West.

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Centre_A | Nov 27, 2020 |

Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China by Michael Sullivan

This visually stunning book focuses on the rebirth of Chinese art in the twentieth century under the influence of Western art and culture. Michael Sullivan, recognized throughout the world as a leading scholar of Chinese art, vividly documents the conflicting pulls of traditional and Western values on Chinese art to show the great range of artistic expression and the historical processes that occurred within various movements. A substantial biographical index of twentieth-century Chinese artists is a valuable addition to the text.… (more)

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