| Wu Hufan was a representative traditional Sea School painter of the Republican period. Famed for his paintings, he was also a renowned calligrapher, connoisseur, collector and Ci writer, and was nicknamed "Single Eye" by the connoisseur's circle of the 1930s and 1940s. This dissertation is based on Wu Hufan's Chouyi's Diary. By sorting out his art appraisal and collecting activities mentioned in the diary, I plan to trace how his art appraisal theories and concepts formed and developed through all these activities, and how these theories and concepts influenced his creative work.The dissertation is divided into the following parts。Part I mainly deals with the notes he made in the dairy concerning the items he had collected and appraised, especially those concerning the discovery of The Remnant Hills. By analyzing these notes, this part tries to find out the characteristics of his appraisal method and the basis on which he made his judgments. Part II focuses on his correspondences and activities as regards his appraisal and collecting work. By sorting out the materials concerning how he mixed with various collectors, dealers, connoisseurs and Ci experts, this part tries to find out how his image resources were accumulated in daily life, and how his appraisal criteria and distinctive appraisal style took shape. Part III, dealing with the relation between the creation of his paintings and calligraphies with his appraisal work, tried to analyze the role his appraisal and collecting work, as a source of his creative works, plays in his creation and the relation between his creative work and the contemporary art styles and fashions.As I am still sorting out the numerous textual materials on Wu Hufan, the present dissertation is mainly based on his extant reliable dairies, and serves as a tentative investigation of his appraisal activities. With the gradual accumulation of materials during future study, I hope to conduct more profound and detailed analyzes of this topic. |
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