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1945 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on alum paper
29 x 35 1/8 in. (73.7 x 89.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Gao Jianfu
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WA-00189595
Lingnan School
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Gao Jianfu was a Chinese artist active before and during World War II. He is known for leading the Lingnan School's effort to modernize Chinese traditional painting as a "new national art". Along with his brother Gao Qifeng and friend Chen Shuren, Gao Jianfu brought the nihonga style of painting to China.
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