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

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

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