Lotus Flowers (Translation)
荷花圖軸 近現代 王震 紙本設色 (Primary Title)
Wang Zhen 王震, Chinese, 1867 - 1938 (Artist)
A businessman and devoted Buddhist, Wang Zhen was a modern Chinese painter of the Shanghai-school style. The exaggerated form, bold brush washes, and bright color in these two paintings by Wang Zhen are characteristic of the Shanghai school. The Shanghai style marked the major departure from traditionalist Chinese painting by focusing less on symbolism and more on spontaneous and expressive appeal. Wang used his masterful calligraphic skills to inscribe and sign his paintings.
Shanghai School
Modern period (1912-present)
白龍山人王震 Bailong Shanren Wang Zhen
王震大利 Wang Zhen dali, 一亭 Yiting
的皪芰荷粉黛嬌，花圍四壁籠紅綃。其中綽約飄仙袂，疑是思凡謫絳霄。癸亥夏季棣吟女士屬畫 白龍山人王震
Y. T. Bay Collection, Robert A. and Ruth W. Fisher Fund
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