Wu Peirong (1904-1979)


Landscape with Returning FishermanInk and color on paper, hanging scroll, at the lower right signed Peirong with two artist's seal reading Wu Peirong zhang and Peirong, and inscribed at the upper left with a poem, dated jisi dong ri (1929, winter) and signed Wu Xilu with one seal reading Wu Xilu zhang.50 1/2 x 22in (128.2 x 56cm)
|A native of Nanhai in Guangdong province, Wu Peirong 伍佩榮 was a student of Gao Jianfu 高劍父 (1879-1951) and studied with the Lingnan School master at the Chunshui Huayuan 春睡畫院. Her grandfather Wu Xilu 伍希吕 inscribed the painting, stating that Peirong created the painting as a class exercise.