Ann Massing: Nature up Close

Our new exhibition opening in mid-June, presenting the stunning brushwork of Ann Massing

New exhibition opening soon in June 2022!

We are pleased to announce the upcoming solo exhibition of Ann Massing, East Asian ink and watercolour painter and printmaker based in Cambridge, UK.

Ann’s work beautifully captures mountainous landscapes, and all manner of delicately evoked flora and fauna. Drawing on Eastern and Western practices, she has evolved her own style combining both aesthetic traditions. Ann’s artworks are often painted or printed onto East Asian handmade papers and signed with red vermilion paste, often using an antique carved seal with her artist’s name Majingzhu. Our upcoming exhibition features seven of her original works, alongside prints for sale both in the shop and online. These will soon be available in the art store section of our online shop. More of Ann’s work can be found on her website, and she will also be taking part in Cambridge Open Studios in July 2022.

Ann studied Art History and Fine Art at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and at Strasbourg University in France, then painting restoration at the Institut für Technologie der Malerei, Staatliche Akademie der bildenden Künst, Stuttgart, Germany. She taught painting restoration at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge from 1978 until 2007, where she was Assistant to the Director. She also published on the history of Western painting techniques, notably including Painting Restoration Before ‘La Restauration’: The Origins of the Profession in France. After a trip to China in 1986 she began learning Chinese brush painting and has continued to develop her skills in this tradition. After retiring from her profession as painting restorer, she took up printmaking as well. She exhibits with the East Asian painting group Song Lin Zhai, amongst others, and since 2014, she has participated regularly in Cambridge Open Studios and the biannual exhibitions organized by the Cambridge Drawing Society.

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Exhibition open 16th-29th June 2022

Open Tues, Weds, Thurs 12-5pm

Address: Cam Rivers Arts, 33 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1QY