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LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991)
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LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991)

Three Purities

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LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991)
Three Purities
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
66 x 44.5 cm. (26 x 17 ½ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the aritst
Dated thirty-second year (of the Republic, 1943)
Dedicated to Bochong

Specialist note

This painting is dedicated to Liang Bocong (1871-1945). Liang, born in Meizhou, was the city’s final graduate of the Qing dynasty civil service examination. He dedicated his life to education, teaching in multiple secondary schools in Meizhou. Lin Fengmian was one of his most famous pupils.