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Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983)
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- Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983)
- MAJESTIC MOUNTAINS
- ink on paper, hanging scroll
signed YUAN and DAQIAN JUSHI YUAN, dated ding wei, 1967, the twenty-ninth day of the sixth lunar month, inscribed, with a dedication to Kai-yu Hsu, and three seals of the artist. Titleslip inscribed by Kai-yu Hsu
Provenance
From the family members of Professor Kai-yu Hsu
Catalogue Note
Kai-yu Hsu (1922-1982) is a renowned writer, translator, educator, and pioneer in modern Chinese literature studies. Studying foreign literature at the wartime university in Kunming, he went to the States with the army in 1945 and was appointed Chief Translation Officer at Chinese Training Detachment. After the war, he worked in the Office of the Defence Attaché at the Chinese Embassy in the States.
Hsu received his Master's in Journalism at University of Oregon in 1948 and his PhD in Modern Chinese Literature and Philosophy at Stanford University in 1959; meanwhile, he was also vice editor-in-chief for the Chinese paper World Daily. He was appointed to the faculty at San Francisco State University in 1959, and became chairman of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and also the Department of Comparative and World Literature, and ultimately senior Professor of Humanities. A devoted educator, he actively engaged in language teaching and research in multiple scholarly professional associations.
Hsu was acclaimed for his research in Modern Chinese Literature and his publications include Twentieth Century Chinese Poetry, Literature of the People's Republic of China, and Wen I-to. Concerned over modern social development, he wrote articles on politics and published books, including The Chinese Literary Scene and Chou En-lai, which are authoritative works on the literary and political scene in modern China.
Hsu was popular with artistic and literary circles and many of his friends, including Hsiung Ping-Ming and Pai Hsien-yung, had been invited to his house in San Francisco. A scholar and connoisseur of Chinese paintings, Hsu taught painting at the University and often painted for his friends. He co-wrote Magic of the Brush and, with Wang Fangyu, Ch'i Pai-shih's Paintings, the first major monograph on Qi Baishi available in North America.
Hsu received his Master's in Journalism at University of Oregon in 1948 and his PhD in Modern Chinese Literature and Philosophy at Stanford University in 1959; meanwhile, he was also vice editor-in-chief for the Chinese paper World Daily. He was appointed to the faculty at San Francisco State University in 1959, and became chairman of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and also the Department of Comparative and World Literature, and ultimately senior Professor of Humanities. A devoted educator, he actively engaged in language teaching and research in multiple scholarly professional associations.
Hsu was acclaimed for his research in Modern Chinese Literature and his publications include Twentieth Century Chinese Poetry, Literature of the People's Republic of China, and Wen I-to. Concerned over modern social development, he wrote articles on politics and published books, including The Chinese Literary Scene and Chou En-lai, which are authoritative works on the literary and political scene in modern China.
Hsu was popular with artistic and literary circles and many of his friends, including Hsiung Ping-Ming and Pai Hsien-yung, had been invited to his house in San Francisco. A scholar and connoisseur of Chinese paintings, Hsu taught painting at the University and often painted for his friends. He co-wrote Magic of the Brush and, with Wang Fangyu, Ch'i Pai-shih's Paintings, the first major monograph on Qi Baishi available in North America.