PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF CHANG FO-CHUAN (1908-1994) 張佛泉(1908-1994)遺珍
QIAN ZAI (1708-1793)
Bamboo, Lily, and Rock, 1781 Hanging scroll, ink on paper, inscribed by the artist and dated xinchou and signed Qian Zai with two artist's seals and seven collector's seals. 54 3/8 x 24 7/8in (138 x 63.2cm)
Provenance: Collection of Chang Fo-chuan (1908-1992)
錢載(1708-1793) 竹石萱草 水墨紙本 立軸 一七八一年作
款識:雪窻呵凍,仿元人筆意於宣南坊之寓堂。是歲辛丑,秀水錢載年七十有四。
鈐印:錢載、萬松居士
鑒藏印:張佛泉印、張天和、隴頭梅、永安沈氏藏書畫印、漢德圖章、漢德印、漢德
題簽:錢坤一墨筆花卉立軸。藏印:漢德
來源: 張佛泉(1908-1992)舊藏
Qian Zai's seals on the current lot, Qian Zai 錢載 and Wansong Jushi 萬松居士, are recorded in Shanghai Museum ed., Zhongguo Shuhuajia Yinjian Kuanzhi Vol. II 中國書畫家印鑒款識·下, Beijing, 1993, artist no. 1105, seals no. 11 and 17, p. 1493.
Chang Fo-chuan, a significant theorist of Liberalism in China, was born in Baodi County, Hebei Province. He received his undergraduate education at Yenching University, following which he pursued advanced studies at John Hopkins University. Upon his return to China, Chang went on to teach at National South-West Associated University and Yenching University.
In 1932, the renowned Chinese philosopher and scholar Hu Shih founded Duli Pinglun 獨立評論 (The Independent Critique), a leading journal advocating for democratic reforms and intellectual freedom. In 1948, Chang Fo-chuan had plans to move to the south and made his first visit to Taipei. In 1954, Chang Fo-chuan published his most significant monograph Ziyou yu Renquan 自由與人權 (Freedom and Human Right) and became the director of the Political Science Department at Soochow University until 1956. During 1956-1961, Chang Fo-chuan served as the director of the Political Science Department and the dean of the Liberal Arts Department at Tunghai University in Taichung.
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