1997-04, Selected Paintings of Pan Tianshou《潘天寿作品选》

Stamp Title: Selected Paintings of Pan Tianshou
Serial number: 1997-4
Values in set: 6
(6-1), Pines on the Yellow Mountain, 50 fen, 38*50mm
(6-2), Rosy Clouds of Dawn, 50 fen, 38*50mm
(6-3), Clearing up after Mould Rains, 100 fen, 38*50mm
(6-4), Chrysanthemum and Bamboo, 100 fen, 38*50mm
(6-5), Sleeping Cat, 150 fen, 38*50mm
(6-6), A Corner of Lingyan Brook, 150 fen, 38*50mm
Date of issue: Pan Gongkai; Li Guoyi
Designers: March 14, 1997
Size: 38*50mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 32
Printing process: gravure

Pan Tianshou was another outstanding arts virtuoso who promoted the development of Chinese painting after Wu Chang shuo, Qi Baishi and Huang Binhong.

Pan was born into a peasant family in Ninghai County, Zhejiang Province in 1807. His parents gave him the name Tianshou (meaning endowed by the heaven, later changed to Tianshou meaning live as long as the heaven). His styled name was Dayi, alias Ashou, but he often used Leipuotoufeng Shouzhe when he signed his later works.

Pan’s family lived in a direly poor situation since he was young, but he deeply loved calligraphy and painting. Through self-teaching, he learned the art of painting by imitating the works of Xu Wei, Zhu Da and Shi Tao. Later, he took democratic educators Li Shutong, Jing Hengyi, etc., as his teachers. In his pursuit of carrying forward the national arts, he cherished no vanity, was upright and never sacrificed principles. His painting art paid particular attention to such standards of values of Chinese national paintings as artistic conception , styles and patterns. His works were magnificent, picturesque, hold and creative. His artistic language and styles were unique, and he tapped the artistic method of Chinese painting which emphasized lines to the most. With his unique appreciation and understanding on arts, he blazed new trails in the structure and composition of the Chinese painting, making his works full of inspiration and modern senses. His works were a kind of compendium of traditional Chinese paintings blending poems, calligraphy, painting and seal.

In 1923, he and Mr. Zhu Wenyun established China’s first department of Chinese paintings at the Shanghai School of Fine Arts. He later taught at the National School of Arts, the East China branch of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts. He was indisputably one of the principal founders in the teaching of modern Chinese painting. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he served as the president of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts and vice-president of Zhejiang Association of Artists. He died in 1971.

1997年特种邮票《潘天寿作品选》
国家邮政局1997年3月14日发行《潘天寿作品选》特种邮票1套6枚。

（6-1）T 黄山松图 50 分 3080.1万枚
（6-2）T 朝霞图 50 分 3022.5万枚
（6-3）T 梅雨初晴图 100 分 2697.7万枚
（6-4）T 菊竹图 100 分 2598.5万枚
（6-5）T 睡猫图 150 分 2592.1万枚
（6-6）T 灵岩涧一角图 150 分 2572.9万枚

志号名称：1997-4T
版别：影写
整版枚数：32枚
原画作者：潘天寿
邮票规格：38×50毫米
齿孔度数：11.5度
设计者：潘公凯、励国议
印制机构：北京邮票厂

潘天寿(1897-1971)原名天授，为我国著名国家、美术教育家。他精于写意花鸟、山水，擅长指头画，并兼工书法金石，对画史、画论亦有精湛研究，在传统中国画的继承与创新两个方面均获得很大成就，为民族绘画的发展做出了重大贡献。 全套共6枚。