Xū Gǔ (Hsü Ku, ); (c. 1824–1896) was a Chinese painter and poet during the
Qing Dynasty
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(1644–1912).
Early life and career
Xu was born in
She County in the
Anhui
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province, and later lived in
Guangling in the
Jiangsu
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province.
His style name was 'Xugu' and his
sobriquet
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was 'Ziyang Shanren'. Xu was an army official, and then later a monk. When painting he used the side of the brush in a fluent and bold style. In poetry he produced the work ''Poetry of Xugu monk''.
References
See also
*
Florence Ayscough, who collected his paintings.
External links
Xu Gu - ''Walking on Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms''
1820s births
1896 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Painters from Anhui
People from She County, Anhui
Qing dynasty Buddhists
Qing dynasty poets
Poets from Anhui
19th-century Chinese poets
19th-century Chinese painters
Buddhist artists
19th-century Chinese writers
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