# Xinyu Pu artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/xinyu-pu/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:56:39.558Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1896-09-02
- Death date: 1963-11-18
- Nationality: Chinese
- Movements: Traditional Chinese painting
- Common media: Painting, Calligraphy, Poetry

## Portrait

![Xinyu Pu](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/%E6%BA%A5%E5%BF%83%E7%95%AC.jpeg)
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%BA%A5%E5%BF%83%E7%95%AC.jpeg

## About Xinyu Pu

Xinyu Pu is one name form associated with Puru, more commonly rendered as Pu Xinyu or P'u Hsin-yü in authority records. Born in 1896 and deceased in 1963, he was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet working within the tradition of Chinese painting. He belonged to the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial family of the Qing dynasty, and later taught fine arts at National Taiwan Normal University. His documented names also include Han Yutang and Xishanyishi, while authority files preserve several additional romanizations. These variants matter because museum, library, and auction records may describe the same artist differently. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with Chinese paintings and calligraphic works. Establishing that a work and its documentation refer to the same historical artist is therefore an essential first step when researching, cataloguing, or appraising material attributed to him.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts are most likely to place works associated with Puru in Chinese painting or calligraphy categories. His authority record also identifies him as a poet, but the collected source pack does not establish particular painted subjects, formats, named series, edition practices, or print production. Those details should be determined from the individual object and its documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

Works associated with Puru may be catalogued under Pu Xinyu, P'u Hsin-yü, Pu Ru, Xinyu Pu, or another documented romanization. That variation makes accurate entity matching a central part of market research. The work type—particularly whether an object is classified as Chinese painting or calligraphy—also determines which auction records provide meaningful comparisons. The collected sources establish the artist's identity and practices but do not provide accessible lot-level descriptions or verified realized prices. Any appraisal should therefore examine the specific object and compare it with relevant public sales using complete catalogue descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, and attribution language rather than relying on the artist name alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identities with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This profile's biographical basis is stronger than its collected lot-level market evidence.

## Sources

- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500125627
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3325881
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/65359992/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82130740
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puru_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BA%A5%E5%BF%83%E7%95%AC
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000107828634
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/xinyu-pu/