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WU CHANGSHUO 1844-1927 Chinese Watercolor

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WU CHANGSHUO 1844-1927 Chinese Watercolor
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Ink and watercolor on paper, hanging scroll, featuring plum flower and peaches, signed and attributed to Wu Changshuo (1844-1927, Chinese), inscribed with 2 artist seals, 135.5 x 68 cm, was a prominent painter, calligrapher and seal artist of the late Qing Period. Initially, he devoted himself to poetry and calligraphy with a strong interest in early scripts. He also led the Xiling Society of the Seal Art, an academic organisation for Hangzhou-based seal artists. Only later did he consider himself a painter associated with the "Shanghai School." As a painter, he was noted for helping to rejuvenate the art of painting flowers and birds. He considered carving seals and doing paintings to be integrated to each other.