Spoilum

Spoilum (active 1765–1805; Chinese: 關作霖; pinyin: Guan Zuolin) was a Chinese artist active in Guangzhou between 1785 and 1810, during the Old China Trade. He was the earliest oil painter in Canton.[1] He painted portraits of Chinese and Western merchants and sea captains in the Western style painting with oil on canvas rather than ink on paper or silk in the Chinese style.[2] He created paintings of Chinese hong merchants Eshing (silk merchant) and Puan Kee Qua.[3] His portraits of Western merchants typically required a two- or three-hour sitting, and cost $10.[4] He also mastered the European technique of reverse glass painting. Little is known of his life, although he was one of a family of painters, including his grandson Lam Qua, and is said to have traveled extensively in the West.[5]

Portrait of Eshing, by Spoilum

References
  1. Carbone, Iside (2002). "Glimpses of China Through the Export Watercolours of the 18th-19th Centuries: A Selection from the British Museum's Collection" (PDF). S2CID 165867030. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-17. Retrieved 17 November 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Corrigan, Karina. "A World of Connections at the Peabody Essex Museum". Antiques and Fine Arts.
  3. "MIT Visualizing Cultures". visualizingcultures.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  4. Perdue, Peter C. "Spoilum (Guan Zuolin)". Rise & Fall of the Canton System. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  5. Liu, Lydia H., ed. (1999). Tokens of exchange : the problem of translation in global circulations. Durham (N.C.): Duke University Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0822324249.

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