Name: WANG QIUMEI (1884-1944)
Brand: Calligraphy in Cursive Clerical Script
Price: 13000.00 HKD
Availability: SoldOut

WANG QIUMEI (1884-1944)
Calligraphy in Cursive Clerical Script

Two scrolls, mounted as hanging scroll, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 29 x 44 cm. (11 ⅜ x 17 ⅜ in.)
Each scroll inscribed, with three seals of the artist
Dated winter, yihai year (1935)
One scroll dated winter, bingzi year (1936)

He Man’an, born in Panyu, Guangdong Province, was an important collector of Chinese paintings and calligraphy in the region of Lingnan. The name of his studio was Lingbi Shanfang and he was especially fond of collecting works by artists in the Lingnan region.

Cursive Clerical Calligraphy of Qiu Zhai, He Man'an Collection Vol III, 1981, pp.8-11.

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Lot Essay

Wang Qiumei was a famous calligrapher in the Republican Period. Born in Panyu, Guangdong, he attended Aurora University in Shanghai, and later joined Tongmenghui. Throughout his lifetime although he started many businesses, including publishing newspapers. He studied calligraphy for over forty years, and was most famous for Cursive Clerical script.