Chen Shuren, born in Guangdong province, followed Sun Yat-Sen in his revolution campaign and was Sun’s confidant and secretary. Chen practised painting with Ju Lian since age 17 and furthered his study of art in Kyoto School of Art. Both styles were shown in his earlier works. Later in his artistic career, his unique style was shown in his paintings. Chen was called Three Greatest Masters in Lingnan along with Gao Qifeng and Gao Jianfu, and the three became leaders of the art reform. Having participated in political revolution, they believed art should be reformed as well, initiating the rise of Lingnan School of Art. Chen and Gao Brothers shared different painting styles. Chen’s works were light coloured, austere in style and different from traditional ink paintings. Structure of his works were well planned and different from classical paintings. Using geometric forms and structuring, he painted floral forms predominantly with colour rather than outline. This was revolutionary at that period. Chen excelled in flowers and birds paintings. From his works, willows, bamboo, cotton trees, daffodils and reeds were often used as tools in his “Golden structure” by dividing the painting into two parts. Under such structure, leaves, stems, flowers will be added to enhance the richness of the subject, birds would then be added as flourishings. In this work, bold layering of reed was put at the center, spanning towards the lower right. A kingfisher rests on a branch as flourishing. This is a typical way of depiction in Chen’s work. This work was painted by Chen Shuren in the spring of 1946. Mr Disheng mentioned was Mr Pu Xiefeng, the Secretary of the Taiwanese government. Mr Pu was part of the Overseas Chinese Association where Mr Hu Shi once took up the role of Secretary of the Science Section.