Writing the Beauty of Flowers with Cinnabar and Tears:The Life Experiences of Rong Zuchun and Rong Geng——A Study Centered on Rong Zuchuns Album of Fan Paintings and the Inscriptions
The Rong Zuchun's Album of Fan Paintings currently collected in the Guangzhou Museum of Art was once part of Rong Geng's collection.The complete set includes over a hundred types of flowers and birds painted by Rong Zuchun,followed by inscriptions by Rong Geng,Qi Gong,Sun Haibo,Qin Zhongwen,Shang Yanliu,and others.On one hand,this album reflects the life circumstances of the Lingnan painter Rong Zuchun in his later years,mirroring the marginal status of painters inclined towards tradition in Guangzhou Municipal Art School after the mid-1930s.On the other hand,the inscriptions left by Rong Geng and others in this album reflect the survival conditions of the calligraphy and painting circle in Beiping during the occupation period.
Lingnan SchoolRong ZuchunRong GengRong Zuchun's Album of Fan Paintings