Message #3285

[Peter Bentley 彭达理]

Hi Tom

Liu Shouben   was born in  1943.    He  is  considered  the  " Father"  of the  Jing  school  based in BJ .

It's  true  that he  had a lot  of  students  in the  past,  but  for some reason  the  students  all  dropped   off a  few years  ago, so  now  it seems no-one  wants  to  study  under  him ,  unlike   Wang Xisan  who  has  continued to  inspire    students   ( and students  of  students, and  students of  students  of  students .... to the   7th  or  8th  generation )

There  are very  few   VMIPB  artists  on any  real   fame  in the   Jing School . I just   searched  my  data base and  found  about   30  artists  listed  in the  Jing School,  but  all  except  Liu Shouben  himself and  a couple  of  other    artists  who  are currently  painting ( eg  Zhang  Baohua) ,    ALL the  other   JIng  school  artists  are  only cited  in J. H. Lung's  book " A new Look  of  Inside  Painted  Snuff Bottles"  which  was published  in  the  early  1990s,  which meant  J H Leung  collected    those  Jing  School   artist bottles  in the  late  1970s and   1980s.  after  which   the   artists  vanished  from sight. 

Cheers   Peter