Artist: Lu Yanshao 陸儼少 (1909 - 1993)
Waterside Landscape
Ink and color on paper, Vertical axis, Wooden framed, Set behind glass
Painting (Sight): Length: 67.3 cm, Width: 35.6 cm
Dated: In the Ninth month of Ren Xu year (1982)
Signed/Seal(s): Signed, with Three Artist seals

PROVENANCE:

Nien Cheng 念鄭 or Zheng Nian 鄭念 (January 28, 1915 - November 2, 2009) was the pen name of Yao Nien-Yuan (姚念媛). She was a Chinese author known for recounting her experiences during the Cultural Revolution in her memoir Life and Death in Shanghai.

ARTIST BIO: Lu Yanshao 陸儼少 (1909 - 1993) was a Chinese painter. In 1927 he followed Wang Tongyu to study poetry and calligraphy, then the Shanghai painter Feng Chaoran became Lu's advisor. In 1938 he held his exhibition for the first time. In 1955 he began to work for Chinese Painting Academy in Shanghai. His career silenced during the Cultural Revolution, until the 1970s. Lu inherited the skill of Four Wangs, favoured building brushstrokes spontaneously rather than following outlines.

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