signed WUHUFAN, inscribed, and with one seal of the artist dated Wuzi year（1948） ink on paper，hanging scroll Wu Hufan (Chinese, 1894–1968) was a leading traditional painter, known as a collector and connoisseur, as well as for his landscape works.Wu was known for his elegant brushwork, as well as his delicate ink tones and textured rendering of mountains and trees. His work was firmly rooted in tradition, characterized by clearly defined foregrounds, middle grounds, and distances, and made more modern by his use of color.