"Compared to Yuan's major works that are much larger, these gouaches equally demonstrate the scope and intensity of his understanding of art."

Yuan Yunfu held one-man exhibitions at the country's three top museums, the Palace Museum, the National Museum of China and the National Art Museum of China.

The original piece of A Thousand Li View of the Yangtze River, completed in 1973, was added to the Palace Museum's collection when he held a solo show there in 2012. The painting was featured on a set of nine stamps issued by China Post in 2014.

At the opening of his one-man exhibition held at the National Museum of China, in 2015, Yuan Yunfu said: "An artist must tell the truth. He makes a lifelong attempt to get closer to beauty, and to discover an inherent kindness in the soul of humankind."

If you go

9 am-5 pm, closed on Mondays, through Oct 7. Tsinghua University, Haidian district.

010-6278-1012