Anbieter- und Zahlungsinformationen. Red silk accordion folded album, 21 hand colored charming sketches, He was a keen observer of the Chinese spirit, showing the more fascinating visual insights to Shanghai life. Schiff arrived from Austria in Shanghai in when he was 22 years old, and lived there until After receiving an invitation to visit Shanghai from a cousin Schiff lived there for 17 years, becoming known as one of the city's great cartoonists between the two world wars.
Schiff's importance lies, first of all in the fact he depicted indelible characters that manifest what it meant to dwell in Shanghai, then an international City. Socially marginalized groups, such as prostitutes , 'taxi-girls' and beggars, are all subjects of his scrutiny. See below. Artistically, he was equally excellent in landscape and portrait oil paintings, gouache and watercolor works," Kaminski said. The first page shows a beautiful, slinky Chinese girl in Cheongsam: "Miss Shanghai: "Me no worry-me no care!
Me go marry millionaire! If he die me no cry! Me go marry other guy!! Followed by 19 other full-page hand-colored drawings. Some with and with out captions, the meanings obvious! There may have been other variant colors, we do not place any special value on any particular color. Format was accordion folded, following the Chinese style of "Butterfly" traditional binding. Each page is cloth-hinged. On the last page is a colophon stating: "Of this book only a limited and numbered edition has been printed.
Each book is hand-colored and signed by the artist. This is book [penned number hand-written]. Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer Verkäufer kontaktieren Red silk covers, accordion folded album, 21 hand colored charming sketches, Shanghai [], Hong Wen Shu Ju.
The stories expose the darkness of feudal rule and criticize the decay of the imperial examination system, or resist the bondage of feudal ethics, with rich and profound ideological content. The work depicts a good number of "love themes" which demonstrates the author's strong anti-feudal ethics and determined spirit. Some examples of the "Ghost Fox" found in expresses women's "Fox" charm manifested in "ideal love" of the epoch.
