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Wang Zhen

  • Wang Zhen, courtesy name was Yi Ting, art name was Bailong Shangren, Meihua Guanzhu and Haiyun Shanzhu, etc. He was a well-known painter and merchant of the late Qing Dynasty and the early period of Republic of China, one of the representatives of the Shanghai School. His paintings combine the characteristics of Ren Bonian and Wu Changshuo, and he formed a school of painting himself.

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    • Wu Changshuo

      Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), a prominent Chinese calligrapher, painter and seal carver of the late Qing Dynasty, formerly known as Jun Qing, courtesy name was Changshuo, art name was Kutie, born in Anji Zhejiang. In his childhood, he was influenced by his father and began to like painting and seal carving. He learned regular script from Yan Lugong and Zhong Yuanchang, clerical script from Han Dynasty stone carving, seal script from Tang Dynasty stone carving. The brushwork was influenced by Deng Shiru and Zhao Zhiqian. He was good at painting flowers and had a unique style of painting such as brush movement and composition. In ink brushes, flowers such as plums and peony, trees and stones were noble and beautiful, and his brushstrokes were vigorous and breathtaking.

    • Tang Xiong

    • Zhang Daqian

      Zhang Daqian, courtesy name Ji Yuan, and Buddhist name Daqian, was a renowned Chinese modern artist born in Neijiang, Sichuan, with ancestral roots in Panyu, Guangdong. His reputation in poetry, calligraphy, and painting, alongside Qi Baishi and Pu Xinyu, earned him the titles “Southern Zhang, Northern Qi” and “Southern Zhang, Northern Pu.” Together with Huang Junbi and Pu Xinyu, he was also known as one of the "Three Masters Crossing the Sea."

    • Zhang Shanzi

      Zhang Shanzi, courtesy name was Shan and Zhanzi, art name was Hu Chi, born in Neijiang Sichuan, a modern painter, an older brother of Zhang Daqian. He was also a master of the tiger painting.

    • Qian Shoutie

      Qian Shoutie, courtesy name was Shu Ya, art name was Shou Tie, born in Wuxi Jiangsu, a Chinese modern painter and calligrapher, one of the founders of the Chinese Painting Society. He specialized in Chinese painting, calligraphy, and seal carving.

    • Wang Geyi

      Wang Geyi, courtesy name is Qizhi, art name is Geyi. Studied calligraphy and seal carving from Wu Changshuo.

    • Ye Weishen

      Ye Weishen with the other name as Xun, was born in Hang County, Zhejiang Province. He specializes in portraits and floral paintings. For a long time, he lived in Shanghai and sold paintings for a living. He is a representative painter of the modern sea school. In 1925, he founded "Suyue Gallery" with Wang Yiting and others.

    • Wang Tingjue

      Wang Tingjue, also known by the names Canglang Waishi, Kezhuo Xuan Zhu, and later as Zhangweng, was from Suzhou, Jiangsu. He was skilled in painting and studied under Wu Changshuo and Wang Yiting. Wang excelled in flower painting, characterized by bold and large brushstrokes, emphasizing grandeur and energy, and he captured the essence of his teachers' styles.

    • Su Manshu

    • Lu Hui

      Lu Hui (陸恢), originally named Youhui (友恢), also known as Youkui (友奎), with courtesy names Lianfu (廉夫) and Juanyi (狷盫), and pseudonyms such as Juansou (狷叟) and Pofu'an Zhuren (破佛盫主人), was a Chinese painter from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republican period. He was skilled in various genres of traditional Chinese painting, including landscapes, flowers and birds, and figure painting.

    • Heihachiro Fukuda

      Heihachiro Fukuda was born in Oita Prefecture, and his pen name is Sosen, Kyushu, and he often uses the seal of ``Maan''. He specializes in painting, beautifully expressing objects and their atmospheres. He is adept at depicting the movement of water, such as the ripples of a lake, using the Japanese style of painting.

    • Liao Chengzhi

    • Zhou Peiyuan

    • Zhou Yang

    • Chu Tunan

      Chu Tunan was born in Yunnan. He was a novelist, interpreter, a professor of Beijing Normal University, A president of Culture　association and a chief of NLD Central Representative.

    • Fang Yi

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