Chapters from a Floating Life
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CHINESE ARTISTShen 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 devot…
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Weitere Autoren: Black, Shirley (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-59654-382-9
- EAN: 9781596543829
- Produktnummer: 2806879
- Verlag: Silk Pagoda
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 112 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.7 cm 177 g
- Gewicht: 177
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