GUI DIAN (1865-1958)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
95 x 25.5 cm. (37 3/8 x 10 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated yiwei year (1955)
Dedicated to Baling
SPECIALIST’S NOTE: Wu Baling (1904-1976) was born in Nanhai, Guangdong, studio name “Viewing the Moon Pavilion”. The founder of the Yung Sheh Hiking Club, he joined the Overseas Chinese Daily News in 1936 and was promoted to Chief Editor of the Hong Kong News section. During his tenure, he invited artists to inscribe the covers of his publications, and befriended many Hong Kong artists, including Zhou Qianqiu (1910-2006), Zhao Shao’ang (1905-1998), Huang Bore (1901-1968) among others. Wu often joined their literary gatherings and received many works from them.
Gui Dian, born in Nanhai, Guangdong province, participated in the civil service examination in 1894, was prefect of Yanzhou in Zhejiang, and then participated in writing gazetteers and local histories for several prefects in Guangdong, including his native Nanhai. He was also a vivid collector of Chinese paintings.
GUI DIAN (1865-1958)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
95 x 25.5 cm. (37 3/8 x 10 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated yiwei year (1955)
Dedicated to Baling
SPECIALIST’S NOTE: Wu Baling (1904-1976) was born in Nanhai, Guangdong, studio name “Viewing the Moon Pavilion”. The founder of the Yung Sheh Hiking Club, he joined the Overseas Chinese Daily News in 1936 and was promoted to Chief Editor of the Hong Kong News section. During his tenure, he invited artists to inscribe the covers of his publications, and befriended many Hong Kong artists, including Zhou Qianqiu (1910-2006), Zhao Shao’ang (1905-1998), Huang Bore (1901-1968) among others. Wu often joined their literary gatherings and received many works from them.
Gui Dian, born in Nanhai, Guangdong province, participated in the civil service examination in 1894, was prefect of Yanzhou in Zhejiang, and then participated in writing gazetteers and local histories for several prefects in Guangdong, including his native Nanhai. He was also a vivid collector of Chinese paintings.
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