Lot 8111: Fang Shishu (1692-1751) Chinese Art from the Scholar's Studio

Landscape Album Album of eight leaves, four ink on paper, four ink and color on paper, each leaf impressed with one or two seals of the artist, the final leaf with a colophon signed Songzhou with a seal of the calligrapher reading Wu Hu. 10 3/8 x 7 1/4in (26.3 x 18.4cm), each leaf

26.3 x 18.4cm

: Sotheby's New York, Fine Chinese Painting, Sale 5337, 3 June 1985, lot 54

方士庶 山水畫册 水墨或設色紙本 册頁八開 Originally from Anhui, Fang Shishu studied painting with Huang Ding (1660-1731), allowing him the opportunity to view and study early paintings from the Song and Yuan dynasties. As a student of Huang Ding, Fang Shishu is directly linked to and considered as a member of the Luodong school lineage, despite the fact that he was a Yangzhou resident. This album characterizes many of the traits we recognize in Luodong school painting, with dry brushwork and a strong adherence to classical models.