Xu Shichang (1855-1939), who served as the "imperial master" of puyi, the last emperor, served as president in 1918 after the Xinhai Revolution.
In 1920, Xu Shichang established the "Chinese Painting Research Society" as the president, hired The Chinese painting master Zhou Zhaoxiang to preside over his affairs, and at the same time allocated a huge amount of public funds to explicitly establish the Beijing Art Seal Carving School (the predecessor of the present Central Academy of Fine Arts), with Chen Shi as the principal, Qi Baishi, Wang Mengbai and others teaching.
In June 1922, Xu Shichang was forced to go to the wilderness by Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, etc., and after handing in his resignation, Xu Shichang returned to his hometown to live a "secluded" life accompanied by poetry, books and paintings.
Xu Shichang is fine calligraphy, good at painting, gong poetry, his calligraphy is thin, smooth and free, in one go, celebrities and scholars come to ask for words countless, Tianjin's time-honored brands "Zhengxingde Tea Village", "Chengxing Tea Village", "Zhili Bookstore" and other plaques are from his handwriting.
Xu Shichang's ink flowers, pine bamboo and plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum four gentlemen's paintings, elegant taste, charm immortal body, in the Republic of China painting circle has a high reputation, has been exhibited in Chinese, Japanese and other Chinese painting exhibitions, widely acclaimed.
Xu Shichang Shou Nian Tu
Xu Shichang Xia He Vertical Scroll on paper
Xu Shichang Flowers
Xu Shichang LanShitu
Xu Shichang Orchid Album (one open) coloring paper
Xu Shichang Persimmon Garden ripens in autumn
Xu Shichang Strange stone
Xu Shichang LanShitu
Xu Shichang Flowers
Xu Shichang Peony Mirror Heart Coloring paper
Xu Shichang, 1923, Flowers, Vertical Scrolls, Colored Paper
Xu Shichang Red leaves
Xu Shichang Flowers bloom on the stone
Xu Shichang Qiu Ju Youfang is Chongyang
Xu Shichang Hollyhock flowers
Xu Shichang Magnolia Camellia
Xu Shichang Qiu Ju
Xu Shichang Mei Xiangtu
Xu Shichang Bamboo stone diagram
Xu Shichang Peony
Xu Shichang, 1934, Flowers Vertical Scroll, Ink on Paper
Xu Shichang Autumn Moon Shutong
Xu Shichang Qiu Zhen
Xu Shichang, Concubine Jiang
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