Chinese Paintings by Madame Wu Hsing-Fên, the Most Distinguished Paintress of Modern China

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Excerpt from Chinese Paintings by Madame Wu Hsing-Fe^n, the Most Distinguished Paintress of Modern China: With Coloured and Collotyped Reproductions and Described in Anglo-ChineseFurthermore, as there are at present verv few Chinese lady-artists to be found in our country, and in order to encourage them, and also induce others to take up this important subject in a serious manner, this book has been published in both English and Chinese. A nation's future depends upon the realization of its ideals, and it is the duty of the true artist to produce the best and highest ideals in an attractive form so as to inspire the people to action, and lift them out of their present condition to something much better. China at the present time is passing through a sudden change, and therefore the duty of the true artist is great. To create a renaissance in China depends upon the artist who in thoroughly acquainted with Chinese thought, literature, and art. Chinese art has always tried to teach moral lessons, and show the ideal in character, and personality, and this aim must be kept in view by the new school of artists.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.