Sumie-e, Paul Siudzinski, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.. New York. 1979.
Facsimile of the 1887-8 Shanghai edition, translated and edited by Mai-Mai Sze, Princeton University Press, 1977.
The Lingnam school grew up in Canton at the end of the nineteenth century It was founded by Gao Jianfu, who had studied Nanga painting in Japan and who was a political follower of Sun Yatsen. With his brother Gao Qifeng and a friend, Chen Shuren, Gao founded the ‘New Notional Painting’ after the 1911 revolution. They introduced contemporary subject matter and used realistic techniques when depicting animals and birds. They also used light effects, shading and perspective. Today the largest group of Lingnam painters is in Hong Kong, and the most influential artist is Zhao Shaoang, a pupil of Gao Qifeng. Most modern Lingnam painters concentrate on bird and flower paintings, and they break with tradition in their use of varied, bright colours.
Facsimile of the 1887-8 Shanghai edition, translated and edited by Mai-Mai Sze, Princeton University Press, 1977.
The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting (1679-1701) provides a more detailed discussion of the symbolism of the various parts of the plum plant, as it does for other subjects.
Op. cit.
Sumi-e Just For You – Traditional ‘One Brush’ Ink Painting, Hakuho Hirayama, Kodansha International, Tokyo, New York and San Francisco, 1979.