Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Emerging from the Sea by Chen Shu; Qing dynasty, dated 1713
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浙江秀水(今嘉興) 畫家
字南樓，號上元弟子、南樓老人。生於一六六○年，卒於一七三六年。清代（1644～1911）畫家。浙江秀水（今嘉興）人。因長子刑部左侍郎錢陳群的推薦，所繪的夜紡授經圖，受高宗（1735～1796在位）賞識，封太淑人，為史上作品入藏宮廷最多的女畫家。能詩，著有《 復庵吟稿》。後人輯其畫作成《南樓老人人物花鳥冊 》。
擅長繪畫，花鳥、草蟲，山水、人物，筆觸老練有力，風神簡樸古雅，亦繪觀音、佛像。傳世作品出海大士像，筆墨嫻雅，結構嚴謹，藏台灣台北故宮博物院。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 23.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Chen Shu." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , vol. 19, 2016, pp. 23.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Yichao, Mankuang, and Miaohsi. 2016. "Chen Shu" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , 19:23.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Yichao, Mankuang, & Miaohsi.. (2016). Chen Shu. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People (Vol. 19, pp. 23).
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