Dong Shouping 董壽平, 1904-1997.Dong Shouping is a veteran Chinese artist and calligrapher especially famous for his bamboo paintings. |
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Creator.Attribution: 董壽平,
1904-1997. Creator.Attribution: Dong Shouping, 1904-1997. Creator.Role: calligrapher. Title: [Couplet/quotation] Description: pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper ; cursive script; signed by the artist; one artist's seal. Type: Calligraphy--Chinese. Type: Scroll (Visual work)--Chinese. Style.Period: Contemporary. Culture: Chinese. Material.Medium: ink. Material.Support: paper. Measurements: 16 X 69 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. Translation of a quote from Chen Yuanlong 陳元龍: Water's limpid nature becomes my friend; bamboo's empty core is my teacher. 水能性淡為吾友 竹解虛心是我師 Full poem: 池上竹下作 穿篱绕舍碧逶迤，十亩闲居半是池。 食饱窗间新睡后，脚轻林下独行时。 水能性淡为吾友，竹解心虚即我师。 何必悠悠人世上，劳心费目觅亲知？ |
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