Complete Collection of Chinese Painting. 30, Qing Dynasty. Volume 12

Author: Ancient Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Appraisal Group
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: This book collects 150 works from some painters of the middle and late Qing Dynasty, such as Qi Gang, Zhang Yin, Tang Yifeng, Qian Du, Gai Qi, Fei Danyu, as well as late Qing [Hai School] masters like Xu Gu, Zhao Ziqian, Ren Xiong, Ren Xun, Ren Yi, and Wu Changshuo, totaling 332 illustrations. After the Opium War in 1840, Shanghai, which was opened as a foreign trade port, became the economic and cultural center of southeastern China. Painters from all over the country gathered here to sell their works. Adapting to the aesthetic needs of the emerging urban class, they boldly innovated and created a fresh and lively painting style, known as the [Hai School]. Whether it was Ren Boren and Xu Gu, who integrated Chinese and Western styles and developed their own unique styles, or Zhao Ziqian and Wu Changshuo, who achieved an organic combination of poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal carving, all had a significant impact on the development of modern Chinese painting.