Message #1106

[Peter Bentley 彭达理]

Hi Pat

I also have this book.  Beautiful  !  I  think  I bought  it  together  with  about  half a dozen  other    IPB  books   3  years  via   Crunruh Books in USA

One  of my  major projects  after  I retire in 2013  will be   to   scan all the   IPB  books  I have and then   add the  pics ( with   source attribution)   to  my   Modern School data base

Yes,  many   IPBs  , especially  Modern School, are  copied from  ( or  based  loosely on ) original   Chinese   scroll paintings - some ancient and  some modern.  I have    small   collection  of   art books  on modern  Chinese  landscape  painters , and  from time  to time I have  given high  quality   photo copies to  artists   as  inspiration  for  their  bottles ( and  in a    very few  other cases  to   actually copy as  a  commission).

If  you are seriously  interested in Chinese  modern   art, there's  a  huge  art  shop  called  Rong Bao Zhai  in BJ's Liulichang street.  They  have   catalogues  ( books)  of  all the  best paintings of  nearly  all   Modern   Chinese  artists, and   at  very    low prices  per book  ( I am talking  of  HUNDREDS  of  such books / artists )

I intend to  start a new  thread   in the next week  or so on the   whole  question  of   IPB   "copy"  paintings   vs  original   creations . But I'm struggling to   find a better  word  than " copy" because  of its  negative  implications .   Can anyone  please  help me on this ?  

 A  very large  number  of  IPBs  are obviously  "copies"    from   full- size   paintings  or   photographs  ( indeed they must be   copies  if they  are   portraits ! )   Many bottles  in Bill's  website are  copied  from modern   Chinese   oil  paintings   which he commissioned  ( beautiful   work     - he sold me  two  of them)  and  if  you  look at random in CIPMA  I   guess you  would  find  at least   50%  of the    "signature" bottles  shown there  are    copies  of a  famous   painting .

Enough  said   for now  : this  needs a new  thread !

Cheers   Peter