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*''Cantonese/Mandarin'': [[林]] 官 ''(Lam Kwan / Lín Guān)''
*''Cantonese/Mandarin'': [[林]] 官 ''(Lam Kwan / Lín Guān)''
Lamqua was a Chinese oil painter active in [[Canton]] circa [[1825]] to [[1860]]. He was one of the most prominent early Chinese oil painters.
Lamqua was a Chinese oil painter active in [[Canton]] circa [[1825]] to [[1860]]. He was one of the most prominent early Chinese oil painters, and has been described as "the most celebrated Chinese painter in the English style in Canton in the 19th century."<ref name=mouqua>Gallery labels, Peabody Essex Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/26575769801/in/photostream/]</ref>
Though he never traveled to the West himself, a number of Lamqua's works were shown at the Royal Academy in London in [[1835]] and at institutions in Philadelphia and Boston in [[1851]].<ref name=mouqua/>
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==References==
==References==
*Gallery labels, Peabody Essex Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/25202182456/in/photostream/]
*Gallery labels, Peabody Essex Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/25202182456/in/photostream/]
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[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
