Kang Kai

Kang Kai

Kang Kai, a painter in Qing Dynasty. Word drink and, number ningzhai, a mountain. Shanghai people. Qianlong 57 years (1792) Ju Ren.

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The portrait painter Kang Shou's eldest son, Mo Lin Jin Hua, called him "a man of strong character, disharmonious with the secular world, fond of wine and banter". It's a family portrait. It is said that there are both Dong Qichang and Li Liufang's interests. Learning from Europe and Yu in calligraphy, and learning from Su and Huang in poetry, there are three unique purposes. Both Chu Hua and Yuan Mei were appreciated. Taste guest tour Cangzhou liweizhuang (tingdun) observation screen. "Three inkstone Zhai chanting grass". After his death, Li Weizhuang said in his mourning poem that he "deleted the sentence under the lamp when he was sick, and only sold the painting of Zhongshan to save the poor", which vividly outlined his mental outlook before his death.

Appreciation of calligraphy and painting