Landscape Painting by Famous Qing Dynasty Painter Bao Dong. Circa 1860.
Measurement 12 1/2" w., 46" l.
清名畫家包楝 山水畫
包楝 (十九世紀)
清代畫家。字子梁、子良，號近三、苕華館主，浙江山陰(今紹興)人，劉昹弟子，工畫人物。衣折古雅，神態生動，在改琦、費丹旭兩家外，別樹一幟。兼善山水、花卉，筆意秀麗，蘇、浙詩箋，多出其手。
傳世作品有道光二十九年(1849}＜人物仕女＞冊頁，圖彔于＜藝苑真賞集＞，＜理髮圖＞軸、＜采菱圖＞軸，圖彔于＜名人書畫＞。
Bao Dong (active in mid-19C)
Qing Dynasty Painter. zi Ziliang, hao Jinsan, Shaohua Guanzhu, was a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. A student of Liu Yong. He excelled in painting figures. His paintings conveys a sense of archic elegance and liveliness. He successfully established a distinctive style of his own apart from the other two eminent figure painters of the Qing Dynasty, namely Gai Qi (1774-1829) and Fei Dan-xu (1801-1850) . He is also proficient in painting landscape and flower with subtle color tones. Most of the designs of the letter sheet of Jiangsu and Zhejiang at that time were originated from him. Some of Bao's works were kept in the museums of China.