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XIAO XUN (1883-1944)
Used the courtesy name Qianzhong, sobriquet Longqiao,
Daolongshan Qiao, and was from Huaining, Anhui Province. He
studied painting since childhood when he moved to Beijing to study
with Jiang Yun, a teacher from his hometown. Diligent in practice, he
gained recognition quickly. In 1920, he founded the Chinese Painting
Research Association together with Jin Cheng, Zhou Zhaoxiang, and
Chen Shi among others, while teaching at the National Beiping Art
School. Traveling vast distances to visit famous sites and scenes in
both the Northeastern and Southwestern regions of the country, he
studied a range of masterworks spanning through history. Shitao and
Mei Qing of the Huangshan school were his favourite painters, while
he was also fond of works by Gong Xian. With his vast knowledge
and comprehension of both ancient and modern painting styles and
techniques, he created a style of his own, featuring robust brushwork,
and colours that are either lucid and bright or lush and saturated. An
important painter of the Jinjing School during the Republic Period, his
publications include Twenty-Four Fine Landscape Paintings by Xiao
Longqiao and Sketches by a Student.

簫愻（1883-1944）
字謙中，號龍樵、大龍山樵。安徽懷寧人。自幼習畫，離鄉赴京拜入
同鄉姜筠門下。刻苦繪事，名聲鵲起。一九二〇年，與金城、周肇
祥、陳師曾等發起成立中國畫學研究會，並任教於北平藝專。足跡遍
遊西南、東北名勝，廣涉歷代名家作品，最喜黃山畫派石濤、梅清
法，又醉心於龔半千。融會古今，筆下自創一格。氣勢蒼莽渾厚，敷
色或清麗明快、或濃重豐腴，為民國京津畫派重要畫家。出版有《蕭
龍樵山水精品二十四幀》、《課徒畫稿》。

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