PU RU (1896 - 1963)

Ink and colours on paper. Hanging scroll, brocade mounting. Inscription: "The shadows of the poplars and willows caress the long bank, the spring waves reach the fishing boat. The sun will soon set, a light wind blows, carrying the fragrance of flowers from the opposite bank." Signed: Pu Ru. Oval seal before the inscription: Qing nanji. Seal after the inscription: Pu Ru Provenance: Collection of a Czechoslovak journalist. Obtained from master Liu Jintao in Beijing in the late 1950s.