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齊白石一生中有四個影響其藝術軌跡的人物，即夏壽田、胡南湖、陳師曾、徐悲鴻。
胡鄂公(1874-1951)，號南湖。辛亥革命期間，曾先後任湖北軍政要職及鄂軍水陸總指揮。後到北上1913年任北洋政府國會議員，教育部次長。1920年代創辦《今日》雜誌，1921年加入共產黨，與李大釗、陳獨秀及畫家陳衡恪父親陳三立熟稔。1943年抗戰期間在廣西桂林脫黨。1951年因心臟病在台北逝世。
胡南湖收藏齊白石作品甚豐，也因買畫與齊白石友好。齊白石的《己未(1919年)雜記》記述：“當年七月一日為胡南湖畫《南湖庒屋回》，七月十五日為畫《不倒翁》扇面。閏七月十八日畫《籬豆》贈胡南湖(胡則報以為婢)。”齊白石南歸湖南，胡南湖親自將婢女胡寶珠送到車站，後齊白石夫人陳春君做主，納為齊白石側室，照料他在北京的生活。可見兩人關係甚密。
紫丁香館是胡南湖在北京奉侍母親的公館，胡寶珠亦在此居生活數年。此作繪于戊寅(1938年)，胡南湖早己移居海上，紫丁香館亦己易主，齊白石特為報胡南湖之邀作《紫丁香館圖》。此圖與另一件熟知的《紫丁香館圖》橫批，構圖完全不同，題跋隻字未改，應是同時之作。只把橫批交胡南湖收藏，此小琴條則流入市場。
QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
齊白石 紫丁香館圖 水墨紙本 鏡框 一九三八年作
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齊白石 紫丁香館圖 水墨紙本 鏡框 一九三八年作
題識：紫丁香館圖。紫丁香館在舊京慈惠院中滿植紫丁香樹。因其名乃南湖弟嘗奉養尊太夫人於此處，此十年前事也。自太夫人下世後，南湖即徙家南下愝蹇海上，而紫丁香館早屬他人。王謝舊居，今人慨嘆。因擬為圖，並報南湖先後之請也。戊寅 (1938年) 三月，齊璜并記于舊京。
鈐印：阿芝、白石翁
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Qi Baishi noted that there were four important people that affected his artistic creation : Xia Shoutian, Hu Nanhu, Chen Shizeng and Xu Beihong.
Hu E'gong (1874-1951), also known as Hu Nanhu, occupied important military positions in the Hubei military and was also the Chief Commander of the E'brigade Naval Group during the Xin Hai Revolution. He was later part of the congress for the Beiyang government in 1913 and vice minister in the Education department. In 1920 he established Today magazine, and together with Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu and Chen Henge's father Chen Sanli, joined the Communist Party in 1921. He left the part in 1943 following the battle in Guangxi's Guilin and passed away in Taipei in 1951 due to a heart attack.
Hu was an avid collector of Qi's works, and became friends with the artist as a result of his purchases. In Qi's memoirs he mentions creating many paintings and gifting them to Hu in the year 1919. One particular painting which delighted Hu so much that, in return, Hu gave one of his maids to Qi Baishi. She later became his concubine and took care of him in Beijing.
The Lilac Studio was a private residence which Hu created for his mother. Qi painted Lilac Studio in 1938 to commemorate his friendship with Hu, as Hu had already moved to Shanghai and the residence was no longer with his family. Another painting of The Lilac Studio is in horizontal format. Although different in composition, it was created at a similar time and still in the collection of Hu E'gong.
Hu E'gong (1874-1951), also known as Hu Nanhu, occupied important military positions in the Hubei military and was also the Chief Commander of the E'brigade Naval Group during the Xin Hai Revolution. He was later part of the congress for the Beiyang government in 1913 and vice minister in the Education department. In 1920 he established Today magazine, and together with Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu and Chen Henge's father Chen Sanli, joined the Communist Party in 1921. He left the part in 1943 following the battle in Guangxi's Guilin and passed away in Taipei in 1951 due to a heart attack.
Hu was an avid collector of Qi's works, and became friends with the artist as a result of his purchases. In Qi's memoirs he mentions creating many paintings and gifting them to Hu in the year 1919. One particular painting which delighted Hu so much that, in return, Hu gave one of his maids to Qi Baishi. She later became his concubine and took care of him in Beijing.
The Lilac Studio was a private residence which Hu created for his mother. Qi painted Lilac Studio in 1938 to commemorate his friendship with Hu, as Hu had already moved to Shanghai and the residence was no longer with his family. Another painting of The Lilac Studio is in horizontal format. Although different in composition, it was created at a similar time and still in the collection of Hu E'gong.
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Please note that the size of this painting should be 100 x 18.3 cm.(39 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.) instead of stated in the catalogue.
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Ben Kong