Qiu Hong Tu

This painting was based on photographs I took at the grave of Zhu Quan, Christmas, 1999. The grave is in the countryside west of Nanchang, just outside a village where everyone has the surname Zhu. The pillars in the center are spirit posts put in front of the grave to ward off evil spirits.

Zhu Quan compiled Shen Qi Mi Pu and is the reputed author of the melody Wild Geese in Autumn (Qiu Hong). Wild Geese are associated with exile and Zhu Quan is thought to have considered himself in exile in Nanchang.

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1. Edgar Francisko Jimenez (also Edgar Francisco [website]; Édgar Francisco Jiménez [Wiki])
Born in Columbia, he studied painting in Bogotá and France, working there before going to Beijing to study Chinese calligraphy and painting from 1983-86. He then lived and worked in Hong Kong (paintings), holding exhibitions there and throughout Asia before moving to Toronto in 1995. In 2006 he returned to Columbia (Bogota).

Many of his paintings can be found online, including two other images by him on this website; see:

Ling Xu Yin and
He Ming Jiu Gao.

Most of his painting is on Western, especially Latin, themes, but even here the influence of his Chinese training can also be seen amongst the other influences. See in particular his calligraphic dance works.
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