Discovering Modern China : UW and UBC Collections » Paintings https://depts.washington.edu/ealclir/wordpress CLIR Hidden Collections Project @ UW East Asia Library Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:04:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Original paintings https://depts.washington.edu/ealclir/wordpress/?p=600 https://depts.washington.edu/ealclir/wordpress/?p=600#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2015 20:55:45 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/ealclir/wordpress/?p=600 Continue reading Original paintings →]]> Over the course of the CLIR project, we also discovered eight original paintings.  Here are two examples:

雲林生古木竹石 (Yunlinsheng gu mu zhu shi )

《雲林生古木竹石》
張大千作
戊子[1948]

“Old trees, bamboo, and stones”
Painted by Zhang Daqian
Produced in 1948

The painting Close-up of lower left calligraphy Close-up of upper right calligraphy

Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) was one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century.  He was not only a well-known traditionalist painter, but also renowned as a modern impressionist and expressionist painter, as well as an extremely gifted forger.

開卷有益 (Kai juan you yi)

《開卷有益》
傅申書
戊午[1978]

“It’s beneficial to open a book”
Painted by Fu Shen
Produced in 1978

Kai juan you yi

Fu Shen (1937-) is an eminent Chinese art historian, world-renowned connoisseur of painting and calligraphy, and a practicing calligrapher and painter.

 

 

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