A British artist recently accused a Chinese painter at the China Academy of Arts of plagiarizing several of her works, raising concerns over the proliferation of plagiarism in the Chinese art field in recent years. British artist Seana Gavin’s April 30 Instagram post showed a drawing of Chinese painter Xu Bacheng that closely resembled Gavin’s work. (seanagavin/Instagram)
On April 30, Seana Gavin, a London-based artist, posted on Instagram thanking her Chinese fans for their concern about plagiarism by Xu Bacheng, a teacher in the oil painting department at the China Academy of Arts.
“Some of the allegations against him [Xu Bacheng] go back a decade,” she wrote, attaching her own paintings as well as Xu’s, so viewers could see the resemblance….