Xu Gu

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Xū Gǔ (Hsü Ku, simplified Chinese: 虚谷; traditional Chinese: 虛谷; pinyin: Xū Gǔ); (c. 1824–1896) was a Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).

Xu was born in She County in the Anhui province, and later lived in Guangling in the Jiangsu province.^[1] His style name was 'Xugu' and his sobriquet was 'Ziyang Shanren'. Xu was an army official, and then later a monk. When painting he used the side of the brush in a fluent and bold style. In poetry he produced the work Poetry of Xugu monk.

• Florence Ayscough, who collected his paintings.

• Xu Gu - Walking on Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms

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