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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionLee Kong Chian Collection Object numberNU21032-0 TitleBird & Flower Creator painter and seal engraver from the Republic era. His peculiar style of seal script derived its roots from Shiguwen. However Wu Changshuo was a highly acclaimed calligrapher, he did not merely copy the calligraphic strokes of the Shiguwen. He infused his work with the rhythmic feel of running and cursive scripts. ----- Wu Changshuo (吳昌碩, 1844-1927) is a famous painter, calligrapher and seal-carver in the late Qing Dynasty. Changshuo is his courtesy name. His original name is Jun (俊), later Junqing (俊卿). Wu was born in today’s Anji County (安吉縣) of Zhejiang from a scholarly family and for a time toward the end of the Qing he served as an official in Liaoning. He settled in Suzhou in his twenties. Initially, he devoted himself to poetry and calligraphy with a strong interest in early scripts. Only later did he consider himself a painter associated with the "Shanghai school." In 1913, he became the leader of a society of seal-carvers and artists in Hangzhou (西泠印社). As a leading painter during the early twentieth century, he was noted for rejuvenating the art of painting flowers and birds by introducing an expressive, individualistic style more generally associated with literati painting. (Source: http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/painting-wu-changshuo.php)1844China, Zhejiang, Anji County1927Wu Changshuo, a highly acclaimed contemporary calligrapher Wang was the honorary principal of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts and China Art Academy in Shanghai. He was a student of Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), painter and seal carver.18971988Wang Ge Yi Object categoryChinese Painting, Painting MaterialInk and Colour on Paper, Ink, Paper Dimensions Height: 177 cm Length: 94.4 cm Height: 237 cm Length: 124 cm