Vintage Chinese Tiger Painting Manner of Lingnan School GAO QIFENG Gao Jianfu

Description

A beautiful watercolor/ink painting on paper depicting a South China Tiger positioned on rocks gazing into the far distance. Inscribed in the upper right corner in intricate
Chinese
calligraphy
is what seems to be a poem of some matter. Stamped with an artist's seal in the lower left-hand corner. Painted in the style of artists from the Lingnan School. Done in the manner of Gao Jianfu or Gao Qifeng. Framed and matted without glass, overall size dimensions approximately 19'' x 31''. Spots of wear to frame. Some staining to mat. Please review all images.
The Lingnan School (Chinese: 嶺南畫派) of painting, also called the Cantonese School, is a style of painting from the Guangdong or Lingnan region of China.
This school reflects a style of painting founded in the 19th century in Guangdong province by Two Gaos and one Chen - Gao Jianfu, Gao Qifeng and Chen Shuren, also known as "The three greats of Lingnan" (嶺南三傑).
The Lingnan style of painting was revolutionary and innovative compared to traditional Chinese painting, influenced by Western European visual arts and by the early Qing painter, Yun Shouping (1633–1690).
In the late 19th century, scholars in China broke through entrenched conservative thoughts and began to actively seek to create and promote new schools and styles of art. This not only cultivated a large amount of ideological progress among social elites but also gave birth to the "eclectic fusion of the Han Chinese and Western style, ancient and modern" Lingnan school. The Lingnan school advocates the introduction of Western painting styles with the integration of Han Chinese and Western paintings, in the spirit of revolution of Oriental arts, while maintaining traditional Han Chinese painting techniques.