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Subject:Small Chinese Painting - please help rat - mikeoz!
Posted By: MatW Tue, Dec 16, 2014 IP: 195.251.104.62 Hi all, I have this small Chinese ( I think rather than Japanese? ) painting on paper. It is mounted on cardboard. Could you please help me understand the inscription? I think the three letters to the left and the seal are the same, so I assume it is the artist's name? And is it just a souvenir item or is the quality a bit better? And how old is it? (I think it is certainly 20th century?) |
Subject:Re: Small Chinese Painting - please help rat - mikeoz!
Posted By: rat Wed, Dec 17, 2014 yes, it does seem Chinese, second half 20th century, maybe quite recent, painted and written in the style of Shitao (an early Qing individualist painter), by someone named Wu Feng (the first two of the three characters and the two characters on the seal). The third character "sheng" suggests this was painted from life, which is unusual and is normally accompanied by another character "xie", meaning "written" (from life). So not 100% sure what's going on there. |
Subject:Re: Small Chinese Painting - please help rat - mikeoz!
Posted By: Mat Thu, Dec 18, 2014 And there is another one that seems to be good at landscapes, if I understand the automatic translator right. Maybe that is the one? |
Subject:Re: Small Chinese Painting - please help rat - mikeoz!
Posted By: rat Fri, Dec 19, 2014 could be, but I don't see anything further about him aside from a partial picture featuring bamboo in color. so I'm not sure it's the same person. |
Subject:Re: Small Chinese Painting - please help rat - mikeoz!
Posted By: Sue Thu, Dec 18, 2014 It is done by Wu Zeng, a famous painter in his time! |
Subject:Re: Small Chinese Painting - please help rat - mikeoz!
Posted By: Mat Fri, Dec 19, 2014 Thank you Sue, but why do you think it is him? Do you mean Wu Zheng (1878-1949)? But his signature is not the same??? |
Subject:Re: Small Chinese Painting - please help rat - mikeoz!
Posted By: Mat Thu, Dec 18, 2014 Thank you so much, rat! Do you think it could be the Wu Feng I show in the link? That one seems to paint mainly horses, but to my eye it looks like he also uses the sheng in his signature? Of course the seal is not the same... Thank you again, |
Subject:Re: Small Chinese Painting - please help rat - mikeoz!
Posted By: Mat Fri, Dec 19, 2014 Here is another painting from the Wu Feng with the horses, this time a landscape: |
Subject:Re: Small Chinese Painting - please help rat - mikeoz!
Posted By: rat Fri, Dec 19, 2014 the page isn't loading for me, but this guy seems to be the same as the other Wu Feng you linked to. |
Subject:Re: Small Chinese Painting - please help rat - mikeoz!
Posted By: Mat Sun, Dec 21, 2014 Thank you rat again for taking your time! There seem to be two painters called Wu Feng, one born 1936 and good at painting landscapes, and the other one, born 1969, who prefers to paint horses. The latter one with the horses seems to have painted the landscape in the link that did not work for you. I try to link here to the same painting on another site. So far the style of that painting seems the closest to my painting until now. |
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