FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF LUO JIALUNLuo Jialun (1897-1969) wielded significant influence in politics and education in 20th-century China, as well as being an accomplished poet, author, and collector. In 1917, while studying foreign literature at Beijing University, Luo advocated literary reforms as an editor of the student periodical The Renaissance. Later he became a student leader in the May 4th Movement. Luo studied further in the United States, London, Berlin, and Paris and upon his return to China in 1927, he joined the Nationalist government and was appointed Deputy Head of Instruction at the Central Party Institute in Nanjing. Luo served as President of the Tsinghua University between 1928 and 1930. In 1932, he was appointed President of National Central University in Nanjing, serving until 1941. During this time he led the University to safety in Chongqing in the midst of the Sino-Japanese war. Luo Jialun served as the Republic of China’s ambassador to India from 1947-1949, before he returned to Taiwan and assumed additional education-related official duties.
WITH SIGNATURE OF CAO ZHIBAI (17TH CENTURY)
Hill Along the Riverbank
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WITH SIGNATURE OF CAO ZHIBAI (17TH CENTURY)
Hill Along the Riverbank
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
47.6 x 35.1 cm. (18 ¾ x 13 7/8 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with one seal of the artist
Six collector’s seals
Titleslip inscribed by Rong Teng Studio, with one seal
Hill Along the Riverbank
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
47.6 x 35.1 cm. (18 ¾ x 13 7/8 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with one seal of the artist
Six collector’s seals
Titleslip inscribed by Rong Teng Studio, with one seal
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