| 内容简介（英文） | Hsu Pei-hung was a native of I-hsing, Kiangsu. Originally named Shou-K’ang, he took the name Pei-hung at the age of 18 after his father died. His father, Hsu Yuan-chang, was a folk painter who taught Hsu Pei-hung as a youth. Hsu Pei-hung had to sell paintings as a teenager for his livelihood. A little older, he traveled and studied abroad in such countries as Japan, France, and Germany in his dedicated pursuit of realism in painting. After he returned to China, he announced his theories for the positive reform of native painting styles, advocating the creative notion of combining Western and Chinese styles. He has had a profound influence on modern Chinese painting and art education. In this painting is a growth of reeds with a flock of birds flitting about. The brushwork is unrestrained and the composition bold; they reflect the fusing of the imposing aura of the Stone and Bronze inscription style with the “broken ink” techniques of the Ling-nan School, and thus differing somewhat from Hsu’s often seen realistic style. |
