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Bamboos
and Gulls
Ts'ui
Po, Sung dynasty
Original:
Hanging-scroll, Ink and colours on silk, 101.3cmX49.9cm
Signed
by the painter
Collector's
seals: Ta Chung-kuang yin, Wan-wei fang yin,
Ch'un-ts'ao t'ang t'u-shu yin, three Ch'ien-lung seals
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Po (active 1024-1068) came from Hao-liang (the present Feng-yang in Anhui).
His style-name was Tzu-hsi; he excelled at painting flowers, bamboos, and
birds, using limpid colours and a relaxed style of composition. He was
also an accomplished painter of Taoist and Buddhist subjects as well as of
landscapes, figures, and animals. In 1068 he was commanded, along with Ai
Hsuan, Ting K'uang, and K'o Shou-ch'ang, to paint a screen for the Ch'ui-kung
Hall. Only Ts'ui Po's work proved satisfactory and as a result he was
appointed to a post within the palace. However, he was reluctant to accept
for he felt he was not suited to the formalities of court life. The
Emperor himself convinced him of the necessity to accept. His paintings
exercised a great influence on Academy painters of the following years.
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