Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳, 1894-1961.
Mei Lanfang is a stage
name. His real name was Mei Lan 梅澜.
Best known as a qing yi 青衣
performer in Beijing opera female roles, he was also
a painter and calligrapher. See article
about him and also the Mei
Lanfang Memorial Museum website.
Signature & seals
Creator.Personal Name: Mei Lanfang, 1894-1961.
Creator.Role: calligrapher.
Title: [Couplet]
Description: pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper (tan with red figures); small seal script; signed by the artist; one red seal and one white 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:
Having a good friend come is like viewing the moon.
Having a good book to read is like looking at a flower.
得好友來如對月
有奇書讀似看華