Pu Ru, Scholar Appreciating Winter Blossoms

Pu Ru (1896–1963), also known as Pu Xinyu, was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and scholar of imperial Manchu descent, cousin to the last Qing dynasty emperor Puyi. Renowned for his mastery of traditional Chinese ink painting, he was celebrated for landscapes, figures, and botanical subjects rendered with refined elegance rooted in classical literati traditions. 'Scholar Appreciating Winter Blossoms' exemplifies his signature style blending poetic sentiment with meticulous brushwork in the wenren (literati painting) tradition.