Wu Changshuo (, September 12, 1844 – November 29, 1927, also romanised as Wu Changshi, ), born Wu Junqing (), was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and seal artist of the late Qing Period.

Life

Wu was born into a scholarly family in Huzhou,

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. In his twenties, Wu moved to Jiangsu Province and settled down in Suzhou. Prior to the collapse of the Great Qing, he served as an imperial official in Liaoning. Initially, he devoted himself to poetry and calligraphy with a strong interest in early scripts. He also led the Xiling Seal Art Society, an academic organisation for

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-based seal artists. Only later did he consider himself a painter associated with the "

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." As a painter, he was noted for helping to rejuvenate the art of painting flowers and birds. He considered carving seals and doing paintings to be integrated to each other. His work garnered him fame and he was highly regarded in Japan.

Gallery of Wu Changshi's artworks

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Sources

*Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford(162)

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Chinese culture siteExamples of his work at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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* 1844 births 1927 deaths 19th-century Chinese calligraphers Chinese seal artists Painters from Zhejiang People from Huzhou Qing dynasty calligraphers Qing dynasty painters Republic of China calligraphers Republic of China painters {{China-painter-stub