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Little, Stephen, and J. May Lee Barrett. New Songs on Ancient Tunes: Lu Yingxiang, a late Qing dynasty artist, who used the courtesy name
19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Richard Jingtao, was born in Fengjing in Zhejiang province and later lived in
Fabian Collection, Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, Shanghai. The colophon by Xu Yunlin written in 1886 at the end of
2007, pp. 96-99 this scroll corresponds to what has been recorded about the artist’s
Little, Stephen, J. May Lee Barrett,《古調新歌:費立哲神父珍藏十九 life: Lu Yingxiang was talented in reading, writing, and painting. His
及二十世紀中國書畫》,檀香山藝術博物館,夏威夷, painting followed Huang Gongwang, Ni Zan, and the Four Wangs.
2007年,頁96-99 If encountering an ancient masters’ work, Lu Yingxiang would not
hesitate to purchase it even if he had to pay a hefty price. Many
Exhibited/展覽: contemporary artists were his friends and they would often gather
Between the Thunder and the Rain, Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon at his home.
Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco, California,
October 25, 2000-January 14, 2001 This intimate landscape handscroll was painted over many years. After
《風雲際會:從鴉片戰爭到「文革」(1840-1979)的中國繪畫》, he finally completed it 1885, Lu Yingxiang presented it to Xu Yunlin.
亞洲藝術博物館,舊金山,加州,2000年10月25日至2001年1月14日 Confined in this remarkably long, yet diminutive height scroll, the artist
was able to overcome the spatial challenges, creating a rhythmic river
New Songs on Ancient Tunes, Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, and mountain scene. Following the dynamic brushwork when unrolling
Hawaii, August 30-October 28, 2007 the scroll, the viewers would be able to immerse themselves in the
《古調新歌:費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》,檀香山藝 same journey as the artist.
術博物館,夏威夷,2007年8月30日至10月28日
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