Details
WU DACHENG (1835-1902)
Calligraphy in Stone-drum Script
A set of four hanging scrolls, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 128.5 x 31 cm. (50 58 x 12 14 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Junfeng
Provenance
Sotheby’s Taipei, Fine Chinese Paintings from the Dingyuanzhai Collection, 10 April 1994, Lot 170.
FURTHER DETAILS
Dr Kuo is a renowned ophthalmologist in Taiwan. He was born into a family of doctors in Chiayi, Taiwan. Dr Kuo also graduated from the Taipei Medical College and served as the Chief of Ophthalmology at the Taipei Renai Hospital. His father studied Chinese and specialised in calligraphy, influencing Kuo to take an interest in Chinese culture, history and art. While practising medicine, Kuo often learned at the National Palace Museum in Taipei and began collecting paintings and calligraphy by well-known artists and celebrities and ancient artefacts. Kuo managed to build an extensive private collection, which works from it was later passed down through the family.
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