Lu Yanshao, Wade-Giles romanization Lu Yen-shao, alias Wanruo, (born June 26, 1909, Jiading, Shanghai, China—died 1993, Jiading), Chinese landscape painter whose vigorous style received critical acclaim in the late 20th century.As a child, Lu showed an interest in Chinese painting, calligraphy, and seal carving. In 1927 he began to study under Wang Tongyu, a former scholar-official of the imperial court in the Qing period who had settled at Nanxiang, and the renowned Shanghai painter Feng Chaoran, on the recommendation of Wang. Lu had an opportunity to gain a grounding in traditional Chinese painting by making copies directly from the Ming and Qing paintings that these teachers collected, particularly works of the Four Wangs of the early Qing period.

Good Condition, provenance: private collection of Nottingham

132 x 67 cm