Tang Yin, Whispering Pines on the Mountain Path

Pu Ru, Scholar Under a Pine Tree

 

My exhibition will showcase landscape paintings of Pu Ru. Pu Ru was one of the few artists who continued to work in traditional Chinese style in the 20th century. He was a praised painter and calligrapher. He was heavily inspired by Ming dynasty artists such as Tang Yin. After the Manchu dynasty was overthrown, the artist left the Beijing palace and moved to the monastery in the mountains, where he spent fifteen years studying. Later he fled China and moved to Taiwan, where he continued his artistic and academic work. However, he often remembered the Western Hills monastery with nostalgia and later in his life repeatedly referred to it in his paintings. In my exhibition, I want to explore the relationship between traditional Chinese art and how Pu Ru interprets it. I want to showcase different and similarities, as well as works that served as an inspiration to the artist.