This catalog illustrates and examines paintings and calligraphy of Su Liupeng and Su Renshan, also known among modern scholars and collectors as the Two Sus. Both artists were active in the first half
As the Opium War unfold in Guangdong Province, the painter Su Renshan (1814—c.1850) exploded onto the art scene with a bold, paradigm-turning new voice. A Defiant Brush takes a fresh look at this unde