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I inherited this fan years ago and would appreciate help in identifying the artist and translating the Chinese.

Fan No.1.

淑唐鮮元聽松圖意
壬戌元月〇安
呉逃禅寫於海上富斎
Listening to the Pines - after the artisctic styles of literaty artists of the Tang and Yuan Dynasties
In the Year of Water-Pig (1922) January,　〇an
Painted by Wu Taochan at Shanghai, Fu Studio

Seal,
風雪化月　Wind and snow turn into moonlight

Wu Shang 呉尚
Taochang is a pseudonym,
Native of Wuxing, Zhejiang
Was active from the late Qing to the early Republic era, belonged to the Shanghai School of Painters.

Fan No.2,

本州礼命主簿不就,三辟别駕從事史,正式當朝,靖拱端右.仁篤顯於朝野,清名扇於遐迩,除建寧太守.
節臨魏碑
清道人阿梅　
The chief clerk of the local rites was ordered not to go, and he was summoned three times to serve as an official historian. At that time, the court officially appointed Jing Gongduan to the right Renzhong was prominent both inside and outside the court, and his reputation for integrity spread far and wide. He was appointed as the Governor of Jianning

Practicing Selective Copying of Wei Stele Calligraphy” by
Qingdaoren, Amei

Seal,
明月清風　Bright moon and clear breeze

Li Ruiqing 李瑞清　1876-1920
Pseudonyms:　Qingdaoren, Amei etc.
Native of Linchun, Jiangxi. Qing Official,He was a poet, educator, calligrapher, painter, and connoisseur of cultural relics during the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. He was the mentor of the famous painter Zhang Daqian.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Wow! Thank you Mr. Nagy. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Just to clarify, this is one fan.

If I read Mr. Nagy's translation correctly;

The painting side was produced in 1922.

Li Ruiqing wrote the calligraphy on the other side. But he died in 1920.

Was it possible he wrote the calligraphy years prior to the other side being painted?

Or am I mixed up? Thanks!

Dear Steve,
There are two fans. The one shown in the first photo was painted by a painter named Wu Shan (pseudonym Taochang), who was active from the late Qing Dynasty through the early Republican era; the painting is dated 1922. The painter’s years of birth and death are unknown.

The fan shown in the second photo is undated, but we know that its painter, Li Ruiqing, lived from 1876 to 1920.

In other words, we're talking about two fans and two artists.

I.Nagy

Thanks for the clarification.

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