995 - Taihu Stones; An album of Chinese ink and Watercolour on paper; Attributed to Wu Hufan - Wu Hufan was a Chinese painter and art connoisseur known for his depictions of bamboo and landscapes. Using elegant brushwork and soft tones. Wu rendered the textures of both mountains and trees. His work was firmly rooted in tradition, characterized by clearly defined foregrounds, middle grounds, and distances. Born in 1894 in Suzhou, China, Wu was the grandson of calligrapher and painter Wu Dacheng. From a young age, he was able to study the works of masters from the Qing dynasty. Following the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Wu taught at the Shanghai Institute of Chinese Painting. He went on to become one of the city’s most important connoisseurs, writing extensively about the works in his collection, many of which he inherited from his grandfather. During the mid-1960s, the artist suffered a number of crippling physical ailments which left him hospitalized. He committed suicide while in hospice in 1968 in Shanghai, China present from Wu Hufan to Chen Julai; Collected by Tang Guanyu. 25.5 x 25cm.