Fu Baoshi

• Fu Baoshi was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi in October 5th 1904. He is famous and representative artist of “New landscape painting”. He lived in poverty in his boyhood. He became a trainee at pottery shop when he was 11 years old, he learned calligraphy, seal curving and painting by himself. He was good at painting fountain, rain and fog, in his later years his works became more powerful. In portraits he often painted women and scientists.

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