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Gao Qifeng, Monkey on a Pine Tree (1917)

Stylistically, Gao Qifeng had many similarities with Gao Jianfu and Chen Shuren, the other founders of the Lingnan School. All three had learned the techniques of Ju Lian, and all three had spent time in Japan learning Japanese and Western approaches to painting. Collectively, these artists sought a balance between innovation and tradition, absorbing new ideas while keeping Chinese techniques foundational. In their early years, the Gaos both drew extensively from contemporary Japanese art, with Croizier noting "strong stylistic evidence" that Gao Qifeng had attended the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition and imitated works presented therein. All embraced, to varying extents, the "boneless" technique.[39] Likewise, all produced works that combined traditional Chinese techniques with Western understandings of perspective and chiaroscuro, thereby blending romanticism and realism.

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