Zhao Changguo (Active 16th Century)

signed Zhao Changguo, with two seals of the artist, zhao shi zhong fu, tong ren yu ye

1. Journeys on Paper and Silk: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, February 28-April 19, 1998
2. Hidden Meanings of Love and Death in Chinese Painting: Selections from the Marilyn and Roy Papp Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, April 27-September 2, 2013

1. Journeys on Paper and Silk: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1998, cat. 9, p. 37
2. Hidden Meanings of Love and Death in Chinese Painting: Selections from the Marilyn and Roy Papp Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 2013, cat. 17, pp. 60-61, 88

- Paper bears darkened tone due to age. - Restoration of paper loss and ink.
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'Apart from the fact that he was from Siming (Ningbo), the artist is little known. However, in the work by Wang Zhao in the present catalogue (lot 556), the same Zhao Changguo recorded a ci poem and gave the date: the guiwei year of Wanli (1583). Assuming that he was in his later years, we can securely place him in the sixteenth century.'
- Journeys on Paper and Silk, p. 37