tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58871675203024042372024-08-28T00:03:27.731-07:00This Biography of Master Chinese Painter Wu Changshuo is part of a continuing series of articles about Fine Asian Art, Antiques and Antiquities. This series on Master Chinese Painters and Calligraphers is brought to you by Asian Antiquities, purveyors of exceptionally Fine Chinese, Japanese, Korean Art, Antiques and Antiquities. http://asian-antiquities.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171210005561600759noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887167520302404237.post-70310203962684554622010-07-17T21:11:00.002-07:002011-03-31T14:05:26.743-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #565145; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdoXnJ410CYoVC4kiE23rTSq-DVgtgy1Qak55RNjSL9X8ZZBblcObfvFrNm-UOexkqnbp5cAyzM2GT-CTIp1Q2Gy34CV4nbLtjbwMhXUZXG4wQJg8vKUprwn2_6oNWNOgPCnjlhpVLAmU/s400/013.jpg" width="400" /></div><div align="center" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /> </div><div align="center" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /> </div><div align="center" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /> </div><div align="center" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Wu Changshou </span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span">(1844-</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span">1927</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span">)</span></span></span></span></div></span><span style="line-height: 20px;"><div align="left" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://asian-antiquites.com/the-master-collection"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Wu Changshuo</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> comes from a family of scholars in Anji, Zhejiang Province. He became famous for his seal-carving, and though he learned Chinese painting later in life he became on of the greatest and most original painters of the late Qing Dynasty. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://asian-antiquites.com/the-master-collection">Wu Changshuo</a> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span">was a government official in Andong County, Liaoning Province, in the later years of the Qing Dynasty, and was adept at flower and bird painting, poetry, calligraphy and <a href="http://asian-antiquites.com/seals__chops">seal-carving</a>. </span></span></span><a href="http://asian-antiquites.com/the-master-collection"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Wu Changshuo</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span style="font-size: small;">believed that "painting and seal-carving were inseperable arts". His style of painting was swift, brisk and overpowering. His colouring was unconventional, bright and heavy. He liked to use Western red pigment to color the fruits he painted.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /> </div><span class="yss_save_1286810072358" style="font-size: small;">*This information is provided courtesy of <a href="http://asian-antiquites.com/collections">Asian Antiquities</a> who can be found at <a href="http://asian-antiquites.com/home">http://asian-antiquites.com </a></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171210005561600759noreply@blogger.com0