Lai Fong Exhibition Featured in “People’s Daily,” China’s Largest Newspaper

The Lowentheil Collection’s current exhibition at Cornell University, Lai Fong (1839-1890): Photographer of China, was covered by People’s Daily, China’s largest newspaper network.

“As one of the world’s most important private collections of original historical photographs of China, Loewentheil has collected 21,000 early photographs of China from collectors, art galleries, dealers, auction houses and other channels for more than 30 years. The private collection includes more than 500 works by Lai Fong. Most of the 50 original photographs in this special exhibition were selected from the 500 photographs in the Loewentheil collection, and were created from 1870 to 1890.”

People’s Daily, “The First Exhibition of Works of by the Pioneering Chinese Photographer Lai Fong at the Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University,” April 10, 2020.

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