Asian Art Collection (Connecticut College)

Overview

Connecticut College's collection of Asian Art will be represented in ARTstor with 381 images of Chinese and Japanese art. While the works were donated from several sources, the core is the collection of Asian art and calligraphy begun by Charles Chu, Professor Emeritus and founder of the Chinese Department at Connecticut College, and Hughes Griffis, a New London attorney. The Chu-Griffis Collection includes Chinese paintings from the 15th to the 20th centuries, with a focus on landscapes and representations of flowers, birds, and other animals, as well as Japanese prints. These prints are joined by a set of 19th and 20th century Japanese woodcuts from the Department of Special Collections at Connecticut College's Charles E. Shain Library where the Chu-Griffis Collection has been housed since 1988. An additional set of Japanese woodcuts was also donated by Caroline Black, former Professor and founder of the college's Botany Department. Finally, there is a small set of Chinese ivory sculptures depicting Lohan figures (also luohan, or arhat/arahant in Sanskrit), which was donated by alumna Kathryne C. Simons (Class of 1932).

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Collection information

Total size of collection* 381
Percentage of completion 0%

* Image totals should be regarded as an approximation until a given collection is 100% complete. Users should also bear in mind that the number of images available to them may vary from country to country, reflecting ARTstor’s approach to addressing an international copyright landscape that itself varies from country to country.

Last updated: May 13, 2008