Lot #6: 赵叔孺 lithograph of Chinese watercolor painting

Chinese artist: 赵叔孺 （1874-1945）

Image: 17"H x 15"W

Frame: 24.5"H x 22.5"W

Artist wrote: 丙寅夏日赵叔孺写于 秦度汉量隋权之室

Stamped：赵叔印信

Very good condition.

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About the artist 浙江鄞县人。 金石书画、花卉虫草、鞍马翎毛，

无不精擅，尤擅画马，可称“近世之赵孟頫”。 赵叔孺在岳父林颖叔家遍观所藏精品，专心致志钻研唐宋元明古迹，苦学金石书画， 赵叔孺擅长画马，主要是传承了宋代李公麟和元代赵孟頫的画法，又借鉴清初宫廷画师郎世宁的西洋画法，渐渐形成自己的风格。赵叔孺一生之中，绘画不过百帧，算不上多产，但他的画少而精，有“一马黄金十笏”之称。在上世纪30年代的上海，赵叔孺的鞍马，吴湖帆的山水，冯超然的人物，吴待秋的花卉，有“四家绝技”之称誉。 而赵叔孺所绘的山水花卉、翎毛虫草，也饶有情趣，注重形态，不落窠臼。 赵叔孺是个书画全才。他广交朋友，如四川张大千、鄞县高振霄等当时名家，都乐于与他相交，并尊他为金石学泰斗。 沙孟海在《沙村印话》中称：“历三百年之推递移变，猛利至吴岳老（吴昌硕），和平至赵叔老（赵叔孺），可谓惊心动魄，前无古人。”

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Pick up category: A

Chinese artist: Zhao Shuru （1874-1945）

Image: 17"H x 15"W

Frame: 24.5"H x 22.5"W

Artist wrote: Written by Zhao Shuru in the summer of Bingyin year in the room where Qin, Han and Sui weighed. Stamped：Zhao Shu's Seal Very good condition. Please check photos for condition details. About the artist Born in Yin County, Zhejiang Province, Zhao Shuru was an expert in calligraphy and painting, as well as in the painting of flowers, insects, and horses, especially horses. He could be called the "Zhao Mengfu of the modern era." Zhao Shuru visited his father-in-law, Lin Yingshu's, and explored the collection of fine works. He devoted himself to studying the ancient relics of the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, and diligently learned calligraphy and painting. Zhao Shuru excelled in painting horses, primarily inheriting the techniques of Li Gonglin of the Song Dynasty and Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty, while also drawing on the Western techniques of the early Qing court painter Lang Shining, gradually developing his own style. Zhao Shuru painted no more than a hundred pieces in his lifetime, making him a relatively unprolific artist. However, his paintings, few in number, were exceptionally refined, earning him the nickname "one horse worth ten sceptres of gold." In 1930s Shanghai, Zhao Shuru's saddled horses, Wu Hufan's landscapes, Feng Chaoran's figures, and Wu Daiqiu's flowers were known as the "Four Masters." The landscapes, flowers, feathers, insects and grasses painted by Zhao Shuru are also interesting, focusing on form and breaking the stereotype. Zhao Shuru was a versatile calligrapher and painter. He made many friends, including Zhang Daqian of Sichuan and Gao Zhenxiao of Yinxian, two famous calligraphers of the time, who were happy to associate with him and respected him as a master of epigraphy. Sha Menghai wrote in "Shacun Yinhua" that "after three hundred years of continuous changes, the rapid development reached Wu Yuelao (Wu Changshuo) and the peaceful development reached Zhao Shulao (Zhao Shuru), which is truly breathtaking and unprecedented."

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