Fu Baoshi
Fu Baoshi ( Chinese 傅抱石 , Pinyin Fù Bàoshí , W.-G. Fu Pao-Shih ; real name: Fù Chángshēng , 傅长生 ; * October 5, 1904 in Xinyu ( Jiangxi ); † September 29, 1965 in Nanjing ) was a Chinese modern painter.
Life
Growing up in simple circumstances, Fù lost his father at an early age. From 1933 to 1935 he studied in Japan at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. He then settled in Nanjing and was appointed by Xú Bēihóng as a professor of art history and painting at Nanjing University . There he made a significant contribution to opening up Japanese art for the Chinese audience, not least through numerous translations. Fu was also temporarily vice president of the Chinese Artists Association and president of the Jiangsu Province Art Academy. In the 50s and 60s he even traveled to Romania and Czechoslovakia in search of new landscape motifs . In his later years, Fù became increasingly addicted to alcohol, which may have contributed to his relatively early death.
After his death, his wife Luo Shihui donated many of his works to the Nanjing Museum . In 2004 the city of Nanjing erected a 2.7 meter high marble monument for him on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
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Fù's painting is technically linked on the one hand to the individualistic scholarly painting Shí Tāo , on the other hand it also shows influences from the Japanese Nihonga school, which Fù got to know during a study visit there. His contradicting style is characterized by swift yet accurate lines and dry texture , but also and extensive washes .
Thematically, landscapes dominate, in which the element of water often plays a central role: scholars at the mountain stream , landscape with boats , waterfall on Jingpo Lake , landscape in the fog, etc. In addition, Fù has also often depicted historical and mythological figures, such as the sages of the bamboo grove . His female figures, such as Lady on the Xiang River from 1947, often appear somewhat archaic.
Works by Fu Baoshi are in the Guangzhou Museum of Art .
About the name
Originally, Fù's first name was Chángshēng (长生; "long life"). He later replaced him with Bàoshí (抱石; "holding on to Shí") in adoration of the Qing painter Shí Tāo .
literature
- Anita Chung (Ed.): Chinese art in an age of revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904–1965) , New Haven, Conn. [ua]: Yale Univ. Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-300-16974-4 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fu, Baoshi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fu Pao-shih |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Xinyu |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1965 |
| Place of death | Nanjing |