Fei Danxu

Playing Flute under the Moon

Fei Danxu (simplified Chinese: 费丹旭; traditional Chinese: 費丹旭; pinyin: Fèi Dānxù; Wade–Giles: Fei Tan-hsü); 1801-1850 was an itinerant Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.^[1]

Fei's style name was Zitiao (子苕), and his pseudonyms were Xiaolou (晓楼) and Huanxisheng (环溪生). A later pseudonym was Ouweng (偶翁). He was a native of Wucheng (乌程 - now Wuxing, Zhejiang Province).^[2]

Fei began painting when he was very young in Wucheng. He later traveled throughout the Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces to practiced his art. He is most noted for his paintings of beautiful women.^[3]

Yao Xie and his Wives (姚燮忏绮图). Handscroll, ink and color on paper. 31 x 128.9 cm. Palace Museum, Beijing

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References

• Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07013-6
• Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会）. Ci hai （辞海）. Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she （上海辞书出版社）, 1979.