¡°Dufu¡¯s Composition of Poem¡± is a master piece of FU Baoshi which was painted at the time when he lived in Jingangpo. During this period of time, FU Baoshi painted four major themes. One of them is ¡°Painting the ancient poems and presenting the spiritual beauty of the poem in the painting.¡± ¡°Dufu¡¯s Composition of Poem¡± is a typical work of this kind and it paints the Dufu¡¯s poem ¡°Composition in the Double Ninth Festival¡±. With a size of 208¡Á59.5cm, this is the largest painting of Fu Baoshi appearing in this spring and it is also a rare large piece painted during the period when the painter lived at Jingangpo.

Dufu¡¯s Composition of Poem (Part)

208¡Á59.5cm

Scroll  Water and Color on Paper

1944

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Inscription£ºpainting Du Fu¡¯s poem ¡°Composition in the Double Ninth Festival¡± in August of 1944, Baoshi.

Stamp£ºFu Baoshi¡¯s stamp, Speaking on behalf of the landscape, Zongjidahua 

Stamp of the former collector£ºthe lord of Jingzhizhai

Publication£ºP7, ¡°The Album of Masters¡¯ Calligraphy and Painting ¡¤ the Collection of Zhang Decui¡±, Janueary,1979.

Notes£º

   ¡°The Lord of Jingzhizhai¡±£¬Zhang Decui (1900-1987£©£¬also named Jingzhi£¬agricultural economist, agricultural educator. He dedicated the whole life to the study and education of agricultural economy and was an expert of the marketing and cooperation program of agricultural business. As the co-founder of the study of agricultural economy, Zhang Decui published books£¬reports and academic thesis with more than 8 million words. Later in his life, Zhang Decui studied the price of sugar and other agricultural products in Taiwan and enormously contributed to the stable development of the agriculture in Taiwan.

   Since his childhood, Zhang Decui was greatly influenced by his father¡¯s enthusiasm to Chinese painting and calligraphy and later was keen on collection. While teaching in the Central University of the Nation, Zhang Decui was good a friend with the professors in the department of art, such as FU Baoshi, HUANG Junbi, CHEN Zhifo etc. After the war, he went to the art exhibitions together with these great Chinese artists.