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Lu ZiShu is a reputable traditional chinese artist known for his watercolor landscape pieces and calligraphy. Lu ZiShu was born in 1900 in Humen, DongGuan City, Guangdong Province of China and died at age 79 in 1978.

Only graduated from high school. He lives in a period of rough political times in China, where art and philosophy were suppressed and undervalued. A member of the China Artists Association, the Chinese Calligrapher's Association, and the GuangDong Research Institute of Culture and History, he was one f the founders of the earliest fine art organizations of early China. At age 60, he became an honorable professor of traditional paintings at the GuangZhou University of Art.

It was not until well after his death in 1999 that his art was recognized and appreciated. His work was exhibited in 1999 at the 50th anniversary of The People's Republic of China National Grand Exhibition of Calligraphy. In this year, Lu ZiShu was also selected as one of the 100 artists featured in the exhibition of 100 Years of Chinese Traditional Painting.

In honor of his 100th birthday, his family donated a large portion of his artwork to the Chinese National Art Gallery and local galleries. Today Lu Zishu's work can be seen in at the DongGuan Museum and at the permanent exhibition hall in the Humen Library.

His is succeeded by his children who also are artists of various expertise including seal engraving, landscape watercolor, portrait, and antique appraisal. Possibly the most well known of his children is Lo Wing-Kei who has had been featured in auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's as well as held exhibitions in the United States, Hong Kong and China.

References

http://www.hmlib.com

External links

[http://www.caanet.org.cn/index.asp http://www.chinaculture.org]]