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Fan
painting
-
Calligraphy
Description
Thirteen
lines
of
running
script
,
alternating
between
long
and
short
lines
.
After
these
lines
are
six
more
, in
much
the
same
calligraphy
, but with
smaller
characters
, that
contain
the
dedication
and
signature
.
Wu
Xizai's
career
mirrored
that of a
number
of
well-educated
and
talented
men
of his
generation
whose
success
and
aspirations
were
affected
by the
epochal
political
events
of his
time
,
most
notably
the
Taiping
Rebellion
,
which
laid
waste
the
center
of
China
during
the
mid-century
.
Originally
from
Yangzhou
, a
city
with a
tragic
past
but a
lively
artistic
life
in the
mid-Qing
, he
came
from a
middle-class
family-his
father
made
a
living
as a
fortune
teller
and
physiognomist-but
was
recognized
as a
promising
scholar
and
appointed
as a
shengyuan
or "
flourishing
talent.
" As
early
as
1819
, as a
very
young
man
, he had
participated
in the
editing
of the
writings
of his
teacher
Bao
Shichen
(1775-1855)
,
one
of the
most
important
calligraphers
of the
Qing
Dynasty
.
Wu
was
later
to
name
his
own
studio
the
Shi
Shen
Xuan
(the
Student
of
Shen's
(Bao
Shichen)
Studio)
.
Bao's
praise
of
Wu's
calligraphy
certainly
promoted
this
student's
success
.
Indeed
, a
section
of
Bao
Shichen's
famous
treatise
Yizhou
shuangji
was
written
as a
response
to
questions
raised
by
Wu
. A
decade
later
,
around
1829
, he
came
under
the
influence
of
Deng
Shiju
(1743-1805)
,
perhaps
the
greatest
of the
calligraphic
innovater
in the
Qing
.
Around
the
mid
1830s
he was in
contact
with
Tang
Yifen
,
whose
fan
painting
is
also in this
collection
,
another
important
painter
and
calligrapher
of the
time
. In
1853
he was
forced
to
flee
the
city
before
the
advancing
Taiping
rebels
.
Until
1864
he
remained
a
refugee
in
Taizhou
,
supported
by
members
of the
upper
class
who
admired
his
calligraphy
and
painting
. In his
later
years
, with his
sight
failing
, he
leaned
even
more
heavily
on the
good
graces
of those he had
known
.
Wu
Yun
(1811-1883)
, a
prominent
collector
and
benefactor
, was
particularly
important
. The
artist
used
the
name
"
Xizai
"
between
the
years
1848
to
1861
,
after
which
he
abandoned
the
name
to
avoid
the
taboo
of
using
a
character
in the
personal
name
of the
Tongzhi
Emperor
,
Zaichun
.
Works
with "
Xizai
" in the
signature
or
seal
can
therefore
be
dated
before
1861
,
which
would be
true
of
both
of these
examples
. As
noted
earlier
,
Wu
suffered
reverses
of his
health
in his
later
years
, and
it
is
not
yet
certain
how
many
works
from the
last
decade
of his
life
actually
exist
.
Because
of his
fame
,
Wu's
work
was
forged
even
in his
lifetime
.
Brown
documents
the
history
of the
rise
and
fall
of
critical
interest
in this
artist
, from
popularity
to
obscurity
, and then a
renewed
interest
after
a
Japanese
publication
of his
ouvre
in
1978
. His
work
influenced
major
artists
of the
next
generation
such
as
Zhao
Zhiqian
and
Wu
Changshuo
. The
calligraphy
here has
characteristics
found
in
published
works
by the
artist
,
including
an
idiosyncratic
approach
to the
structure
, as if
every
time
a
character
were
written
he had to
search
for a
new
way
to
put
the
pieces
together
.
Sometimes
this
is
less
successful
than
others
.
Country
China
Historical Period
China - Qing Dynasty 1644 - 1911
Date of Content
1799-1870
Artist/Creator
Wu
Xizai
(1799-1870)
Photographer/Recorder
Eek
IDEAS Topic
Arts
Arts-Calligraphy
Arts-Painting
Language
Chinese
Work of Art, Original Location
Collection
of
Groke
Mickey
Work of Art, Present Location
Watson
Pavilion
,
Washington
and
Lee
University
Type
Still
image
Format
Image/jpg
Date Photographed/Recorded
11/03/2006
Permissions
Materials
may
be
used
for
educational
,
non-commercial
purposes
only
.
Acknowledgement
to be
given
to the
ASIANetwork-Luce
Asian
Art
in the
Undergraduate
Curriculum
Project
and to the
college
from
whose
collection
the
work
comes
. The
individual
college
retains
copyright
to the
work
.
IDEAS Collection
ASIANetwork-Luce
Asian
Art
in the
Undergraduate
Curriculum
Project
Institution Name
Washington
and
Lee
University
IDEAS Identifier
soclaa000902
Collection Editor
Kucera
,
Karil
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