Chapters From A Floating Life: The Autobiography of a Chinese Artist
Shen Fu, writer and painter, who was a native of Soochow, was born in 1763 and died sometime alter 1809. His father was by profession a secretary to magistrates, and Shen Fu was apprenticed in the same profession. Shen held various posts as a secretary, but he also worked by turns as a teacher and merchant. Although he had a studio in Soochow for a time he found that he could not make a living out of his paintings and for much of his life was miserably poor. He was sustained by his beloved wife Ch'en Yun, who died in 1803 after twenty-three years of marriage, and he movingly commemorates their mutual devotion in his enchanting biography.
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Chapters From A Floating Life: The Autobiography of a Chinese Artist
Shen Fu, writer and painter, who was a native of Soochow, was born in 1763 and died sometime alter 1809. His father was by profession a secretary to magistrates, and Shen Fu was apprenticed in the same profession. Shen held various posts as a secretary, but he also worked by turns as a teacher and merchant. Although he had a studio in Soochow for a time he found that he could not make a living out of his paintings and for much of his life was miserably poor. He was sustained by his beloved wife Ch'en Yun, who died in 1803 after twenty-three years of marriage, and he movingly commemorates their mutual devotion in his enchanting biography.
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Chapters From A Floating Life: The Autobiography of a Chinese Artist
Chapters From A Floating Life: The Autobiography of a Chinese Artist
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781608723317 |
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| Publisher: | Olympia Press |
| Publication date: | 02/14/2016 |
| Sold by: | StreetLib SRL |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 412 KB |
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