Daoist Immortal Liu Hai (Translation)
劉海戲蟾圖軸 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.
Modern period (1912-present)
王震 Wang Zhen
王震大利 Wang Zhen dali
Inscribed with a poem, dated, and signed: 甲寅孟春白龍山人王震 （Wang Zhen, in the mid-spring of the jiayin year)
Y. T. Bay Collection, Robert A. and Ruth W. Fisher Fund
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