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[[File:Zhong kui - pu xinyu.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Calligraphy and painting by Pu Xinyu depicting [[Zhong Kui]] (J: Shôki), the Demon Queller. As a demon queller, Zhong Kui was often invoked in an expression of desire for demons (in the form of Japanese invaders, or Communists) to be subdued, and China to be freed.]]
*''Born: [[1896]]''
*''Died: 1963''
*''Other Names'': 愛新覺羅 溥儒 ''(Aisin-gioro Pǔrú)''
*''Chinese'': 溥心畬 ''(Pǔ Xīnyú)''
Pu Xinyu was a prominent 20th century Chinese painter and calligrapher, his fame indicated by the fact that around mid-century the contemporary art world in China was often summarized as "Pu in the north, Zhang in the south," with Zhang referring to [[Zhang Daqian]].
Pu was a cousin of [[Pu Yi]], the last emperor of the [[Qing Dynasty]]. After receiving a PhD from Berlin University in 1922, he retired to a monastery in the west of [[Beijing]], and maintained a low profile until relocating to [[Taiwan]] in 1949, where he became a teacher of painting and calligraphy.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, The Reformer's Brush: Tradition and Modernity in China, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, 2011.
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
*''Born: [[1896]]''
*''Died: 1963''
*''Other Names'': 愛新覺羅 溥儒 ''(Aisin-gioro Pǔrú)''
*''Chinese'': 溥心畬 ''(Pǔ Xīnyú)''
Pu Xinyu was a prominent 20th century Chinese painter and calligrapher, his fame indicated by the fact that around mid-century the contemporary art world in China was often summarized as "Pu in the north, Zhang in the south," with Zhang referring to [[Zhang Daqian]].
Pu was a cousin of [[Pu Yi]], the last emperor of the [[Qing Dynasty]]. After receiving a PhD from Berlin University in 1922, he retired to a monastery in the west of [[Beijing]], and maintained a low profile until relocating to [[Taiwan]] in 1949, where he became a teacher of painting and calligraphy.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, The Reformer's Brush: Tradition and Modernity in China, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, 2011.
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
