Beschreibung:

ZHU QIZHAN 1892-1996 Bamboo and Garden Stone Dated: Summer 1980 in Shanghai Signed: Qizhan Seal 1: Zhu Qizhan Seal 2: Painted at the age of 79 Seal 3: "Crazy about doing this" atelier 88.5 x 47 cm PROVENANCE: Purchased by Professor (Docent) Lars Berglund at the Shanghai Painting Academy Gallery in 1983. Then owned by Mr Sture Larsson. EXHIBITED: Konstmuseet Pictura, Lund University, Sweden. Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenburg, Sweden. Etnografiska Museet, Stockholm. Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm. PUBLISHED: Berglund, Lars, Den befriade penseln (Liberated Brushes), Stockholm 1985. NOTE: The stone is hard, immovable and silent while the bamboo is soft, mowing and rustling. They complement each other and, therefore, they are called "the bamoo gentleman and the stone friend" (zhujun shiyou). The artist said that the stone, which is "written" on this particular painting reminded him of a meditating monk in a bamboo grove.