Chapters From A Floating Life
The Autobiography of a Chinese Artist
Biography & Memoir, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture
| Author: | Shen Fu | ISBN: | 9781608723317 |
| Publisher: | Olympia Press | Publication: | February 14, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Shen Fu |
| ISBN: | 9781608723317 |
| Publisher: | Olympia Press |
| Publication: | February 14, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Shen 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 devotion in his enchanting biography.
Shen 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 devotion in his enchanting biography.
