Wu Changshuo

{{Short description|Qing Dynasty painter (1844–1927)}} {{family name hatnote|Wu|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox Chinese|pic=Wu-Chang-Shi.jpg|s=吴昌硕|t=吳昌碩|p=Wú Chāngshí|hide=no}} '''Wu Changshuo''' ({{zh|c=吳昌碩|p=Wú Chāngshuò}}, September 12, 1844 – November 29, 1927, also romanised as '''Wu Changshi''', {{zh|c=吳昌石|p=Wú Chāngshí}}), born '''Wu Junqing''' ({{zh|c=吳俊卿|p=Wú Jùnqīng}}), was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and seal artist of the late Qing Period.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Wu Changshuo |url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/764304/Wu-Changshuo |accessdate=14 May 2013 |work=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>

==Life== Wu was born into a scholarly family in Huzhou, Zhejiang. In his twenties, Wu moved to Jiangsu Province and settled down in Suzhou. Prior to the collapse of the Great Qing, he served as an imperial official in Liaoning.

Initially, he devoted himself to poetry and calligraphy with a strong interest in early scripts. He also led the Xiling Seal Art Society, an academic organisation for Hangzhou-based seal artists. Wu started painting in his thirties.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wu Changshuo |url=http://arts.cultural-china.com/en/77Arts4048.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525041728/http://arts.cultural-china.com/en/77Arts4048.html# |archive-date=2012-05-25 |accessdate=14 May 2013 |publisher=arts.cultural-china.com}}</ref> Only later did he consider himself a painter associated with the "Shanghai School." As a painter, he was noted for helping to rejuvenate the art of painting flowers and birds. He considered carving seals and doing paintings to be integrated to each other.

His work garnered him fame and he was highly regarded in Japan.

After his death, he was interred under the Chaoshan.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=吴昌硕简介 |url=http://wuchangshuo.artron.net/main.php?pFlag=about&aid=A0006543 |accessdate=14 May 2013 |publisher=wuchangshuo.artron.net}}</ref>

==Gallery of Wu Changshi's artworks== <gallery> File:Wuchangshuodl.gif|{{center|''Couplet''}} File:Wuchangshuoyin.jpg|{{center|''Seal Carving''}} File:Momeitu.jpg|{{center|''Ink and Water Plum Blossom''}} File:Wcsjht.jpg|{{center|''Chrysanthemum Flowers and Bamboo''}} File:Meihuatu.jpg|{{center|''Plum Blossom''}} File:Wuchangshuo-suihanjiao.jpg|{{center|''Two Durable Plants in Winter: Plum Flowers and Bamboo''}} File:Peonies and Daffodils by Wu Changshuo.jpg|{{center|''Peonies and Daffodils''}} File:'Peaches', ink and color painting on paper by Wu Changshuo (1844-1927).jpg|{{center|''Peaches''}} </gallery>

==Sources==

*Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford(162) Oxford {{ISBN|1-85444-132-9}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311033941/http://www.chinese-culture-art.org/artist_changshuo.htm Chinese culture site] *[http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_has_images=1&coll_keywords=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&submit=Search&coll_classification=Paintings&coll_artist=Changshuo Examples of his work at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston] ==External links== *{{Commons-inline}}

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