Pu Ru, a Manchu prince, became the leading 20th-century advocate of classical landscape painting, orthodox composition, and techniques. Although he received a classical Chinese education and earned degrees in astronomy and biology from Humboldt University in Berlin, Pu was a largely self-taught artist. He learned by imitating the works of Six, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasty artists in his family’s great private collection. The artist devoted many years to teaching, first Chinese literature at Kyoto University then painting at the National Academy of Art in Beijing. After fleeing to Taiwan, he taught painting at Taiwan Normal University from 1949 to1963 and also accepted private students. One of his students was the donor’s mother, Shu-Tsing Chiu. Pu’s style was one of loneliness and quietude as seen in this work of a high forested peak. The inscription mentions Chung-Wei Chiu by name.