Zhou Wenjing

Zhou Wenjing (Chinese: 周文靖; pinyin: Zhōu Wénjìng; Wade–Giles: Chou Wen-ching), was a famed Chinese imperial painter in Ming Dynasty. His birth and death dates are unknown, but he was active until some time after 1463.[1]

Landscape (山水圖), ink and color on silk, National Palace Museum, Taipei

Zhou, pseudonym Sanshan (三山), was a native of Hexian (now Putian) in Fujian province. He was skillful at landscape painting and followed in the style of Xia Gui. He enjoyed the patronage of the elderly Xie Huan.[2]

References
  1. "Zhou Wenjing Biography". Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  2. "Zhou Wenjing Brief Biography". Retrieved 2008-09-17.


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