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T: Chang-hou H: Lao-lien, Fu-ch'ih After 1645 monastic name h: Lao-ch'ih, Hui-ch'ih Ch'en Hung-shou was born in Chu-chi, Chechiang to a wealthy family and showed early promise as an artist. He is best known as a figure painter and was often compared to Ts'ui Tzu-chung, hence the phrase "Nan Ch'en pei Ts'ui," (Ch'en in the South, Ts'ui in the North). His paintings of historical characters always carry a feeling of the antique and often harbor a sense of estrangement. "This painting is from Ch'en's middle period, the 1630s, when his paintings often seem heavy-handed and unsubtle [he was keeping up a copious commercial output to support himself, with studio assistants]. But this one, the more you look at it, turns out to be full of subtleties and intricacies, and is really quite moving in the end."
Type
image
Format
Painting Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk China h 50 x w 19 inches
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