Zu E
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1978 she worked at the National Museum of Chinese History on the copying and replication of ancient calligraphy and painting; in 1979 she joined the Palace Museum to work on the copying of ancient painting and calligraphy, studying that technique under Feng Zhonglian and receiving guidance from Liu Bingsen, Jin Zhongyu, Chen Linzhai, Liu Yu and others.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Zu E was born in March 1956 in Beijing; she is of Han ethnicity. She is a national representative bearer of the Copying and Replication of Ancient Calligraphy and Painting, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. She has copied and replicated works including the Tang dynasty painter Lu Lengjia's Six Arhats, Zhang Zeduan's Along the River During the Qingming Festival of the Song dynasty, Li Gonglin's Vimalakirti Expounding the Doctrine, Zhao Mengfu's Picture of Lofty Reclusion of the Yuan dynasty, Chen Hongshou's Lotus and Mandarin Ducks of the Ming dynasty, Yuan Jiang's Penglai Fairy Isles and Chen Mei's Moonlit Stroll of the Ladies of the Qing dynasty. She has written a number of papers and directed the research project A Study of Substitute Materials for Alum in the Restoration, Copying and Photographic Reproduction of Ancient Calligraphy and Painting.
Honors & Recognition
She has undertaken the training of new practitioners, taking Chen Lu as her apprentice.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Gushuhualinmofuzhijiyi Ⅷ-202
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