Pǔjīn 溥伒
Chinese, 1893–1966
Chinese, active mid-19th century
BiographyPujin 溥伒 (P'u Chin). Studio Name (hào): Xuezhai (Hsueh-chai) 雪斋/ 雪齋. Pujin, along with his cousin Puru (1896-1963) and his younger brother Puchuan (b. ca. 1913), all members of the Manchu imperial family, were educated in the Chinese classics and learned traditional styles of painting and calligraphy. Highly accomplished as a guqin player and copyist of paintings from the Song and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties, Pujin became a professor and later Dean of the College of Art at Furen Catholic University in Beijing. In addition to landscapes and horses, Pujin also painted tigers and human figures, including an image of Zhong Kui, the Demon Queller.