Tou Orphanage Art Workshops

T'ou-s(?)-w(?) Orphanage Art Workshop was established in Xujiahui Area ofShanghai by Jesuits coming to China at the end of Qing Dynasty, a by-product of the"salvation" activities of Catholicism in China. It was intended to serve the spreadingof Catholic doctrines in southern China and even in the whole country. During itshistory of nearly 100 years, it set up a series of workshops in printing, woodworking,hardware and drawing, produced lots of religious oblations to meet the need ofCatholicism promulgation and fostered many talents in art and craft.However, due to many reasons, almost none of the crafts and artworks producedin T'ou-s(?)-w(?) exist today, and documents about them are rare and scattered. So therestoration of such an artwork is definitely very meaningful for the study of thespreading and influence of Christian art.The first part does a comprehensive study of the beginning, development anddisappearance of the T'ou-s(?)-w(?) Orphanage on the basis of all the materials that couldbe acquired, trying to set up the history framework of the Art Workshop and restore itsoriginal situation of production, management and training.The second part discusses T'ou-s(?)-w(?) art works by some typical materials aboutchurches, paintings and sculptures.