Katherine Talati (1922-2015) Da Shunming (Chinese name)
river scene, mounted scroll, ink on paper with artists seal mark
98cm x 28cm
Provenance: By direct descent of KatherineTalati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katherine received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan, (great grandson of the emperor Daoguang) from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her paintings are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with Pu Quan and various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure
Bibliography: Shelagh Vainker and James C.S Lin,'Pu Quan and his Generation. Imperial painters of Twentieth-century China,Oxford' : The Ashmolean Museum 2005; Fans from the East,London:Debretts Peerage Ltd and the Victoria and Albert Museum 1978,chapter 5: Katy Talati,pp 73-84