| 内容简介（英文） | P'u Ju (style name Hsin-yu and sobriquet His-shih)was a native of Wan-p'ing, Hopei (modern Peking ). A descendant of the Ch'ing imperial family, he was the grandson of the Prince of Kung. As a youth, he was devoted to literature, calligraphy, and painting,. He learned painting on his own and developed a pure and untrammelled manner. Among the painters of the Republican period, he was considered the most successful at capturing the spirit of traditional masters. This painting is one of the works on loan to the Museum from the Han-yu-t'ang collection. Portraits of Chung K'uei done in red ink are found in Ch'ing (1645-1911) texts. According to Record of Yen-ching During the Year (Yen-ching sui-shih chi), "Every year at the Double Fifth [Festival], residents take measured scrolls of yellow paer to be stamped with seals in red and have [portraits of ] Chung K’uei painted."P'u Ju follows in this tradition by using red ink and cutting brushstrokes which recall, yet far surpass, the quality of folk art from which it derives. |
