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Fellowship Project

Ms.Li Guanghua spent 8 months (September 2023 – April 2024) at the National Museum of Asian Art in U. S. A. to learn from its scientific studies of pigments in Chinese painting from the Song dynasty through the early twentieth century. Based on her experience in analyzing Chinese painting and calligraphy at The Palace Museum, Ms. Li had also engaged in the promotion of scientific analysis in the practice of preservation and conservation through an in-depth exchange with conservators at the National Museum of Asian Art.

Biography

Ms. Li Guanghua graduated from the School of Archaeology and Museology at the Peking University before joining The Palace Museum. She has been actively participating in the scientific analysis and conservation of polychrome cultural relics, including architectural paintings, murals, and collection of painting and calligraphy. With the in-depth knowledge and experience on architectural paintings, she has engaged in the scientific analysis and research of the paintings in the Hall of Mental Cultivation (養心殿) and the Qianlong’s Garden (乾隆花園), as well as the Ming and Qing ceiling painting. On the other hand, Ms. Li has been actively developing methodology on non-destructive analysis of Chinese painting and calligraphy by using microscopic observation, large-size elemental concentration distribution scanning and hyperspectral imaging. She has also developed a research project on coloring and technique of the classical paintings and calligraphy in The Palace Museum. Finally, Ms. Li has also provided scientific and technological support for the conservation of painted artifacts such as the wall paintings, glass paintings and stained ivory in the Palace Museum collection.