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錢化佛

江蘇武進人。畫家、戲劇家、收藏家。

原名錢蘇漢,改名錢化佛,字玉齋。生於一八八四年,卒於一九六四年。畫家、戲劇家、收藏家。江蘇武進人。曾留學日本,並參加同盟會。一九一○年返國,於上海投入反清革命行列。革命成功後謝絕官職,返回上海,改名錢化佛。精通戲劇,組織新劇社,創辦電影公司,期望藉戲劇改善社會教育。
 專精繪製佛像,以「萬佛樓」為其室名。人物取法梁楷、陳老蓮,畫樹則從丁雲鵬、吳彬技法。作畫前必淨手焚香,所繪佛教尊像,栩栩如生,且禮請于右任、章炳麟、康有為、王震等名家題跋,極為珍貴。傳世作品無量壽佛像、達摩像、羅漢像、化佛畫佛等,藏臺灣高雄佛光山寺;其他尚有睡佛、童子拜觀音、觀自在菩薩像、紅衣羅漢像、達摩渡江圖、八仙祝壽圖、十八羅漢圖、降龍伏虎圖等。著有《錢化佛畫集》。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 215.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Qian Huafo." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , vol. 19, 2016, pp. 215.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Yichao, Mankuang, and Miaohsi. 2016. "Qian Huafo" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , 19:215.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Yichao, Mankuang, & Miaohsi.. (2016). Qian Huafo. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People (Vol. 19, pp. 215).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Pokorski, Stefanie and Yichao and Mankuang and Miaohsi,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People },
pages = 215,
title = {{Qian Huafo}},
volume = 19,
year = {2016}}


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