Yang Borun

• Yang Borun, courtesy name is Peifu, art names are Chachan, Chachanjushi, Nanhu, was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang. He is a painter and one of the representatives of Haishang painting style in Qing Dynasty.

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  • Tan Xunfu

  • Gu Yun

    Gu Yun (顧澐), courtesy name Ruobo (若波), and also known by various pseudonyms such as Yunhu (雲壺), Huyin (壺隱), Huong (壺翁), Yunhu Waishi (雲壺外史), Junchuan (濬川), Shōmo (頌墨), and Binghe (病鶴), with studio names Zizaishi (自在室) and Xiaoyuxian Guan (小遊仙館), was from Wuxian (present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu). He was a commoner (布衣). Gu Yun was a skilled painter of landscapes, renowned for his clear, elegant, and ancient style. His work combined the strengths of the "Four Wangs" (Wang Shimin, Wang Jian, Wang Hui, and Wang Yuanqi), as well as the Wu school and the Yun school of painting.

  • Yi Geng

  • Liang Yuwei

    Liang Yuwei, styled Hongfei, with the alternate names Hangjiao and Hangxue, was from Panyu. He was a student of Chen Feng. In the 11th year of the Guangxu reign (1885), he passed the imperial examination and became a juren, and in the 15th year (1889), he was awarded the degree of jinshi. He worked as an official in the Ritual Department, overseeing the ceremonies and clerks. Liang was deeply dedicated to the study of epigraphy and seal engraving, excelled in painting, and had a particular fondness for flower-and-bird paintings. In his later years, he developed a passion for landscape painting, following the style of Yuan dynasty artists, with a focus on expressing free and unrestrained artistic concepts.

  • Wang Yemei

    Wang Yamei (王冶梅), whose given name was Yin (寅) and courtesy name was Yamei (冶梅), was originally from Nanjing and later moved to Shanghai. He was the younger brother of Wang Jingfu (王靜夫). Wang was skilled in painting figures, landscapes, wood and stone, birds and fish, as well as orchids and bamboo. He was particularly renowned for his portrayal of slender plum blossoms, in contrast to Hu Tiemei (胡鐵梅), who was more famous for painting plump plum blossoms.

  • Wang Duo

  • Wu Guandai

  • Ye Zhenjia

  • Xia Shaolu

  • Wang Renquan

  • Zheng Zongyi

  • Bu Sheng

  • Meng Weng

  • Zi Yun

  • Yin Sheng

  • Yao Xigu

  • Zhang Zonghan

  • Shen Xinhai

    Shen Xinhai, name is Han and Zhaohan, born in Chongmng, Jiangsu. Studied under Qian Hui’an. Excels at everything like flower painting, landscape painting, portrait and maid painting.

  • Xu Xiang

  • Wu Shixian

    Wu Shixian (1845-1916), named Qingyun and courtesy name Shixian, was born in Shangyuan (now Nanjing) and later resided in Shanghai. He was a prominent artist of the Shanghai School in modern Chinese painting. He was skilled in landscape painting, with his works featuring grand and mysterious scenery. After returning to China, his paintings, depicting mountains, forests, clouds, and shadows with exquisite detail, provided a new and fresh perspective to the viewers.

  • Wang Su

    Wang Su, courtesy name Xiaomei, and pseudonym Xunzhi, was born in Ganquan, Shaanxi Province. He was known for his paintings of figures, flowers and birds, animals, insects, and fish.

  • Feng Xuefeng

  • Chen Chongguang

    Chen Chongguang was born in Yangzhou Jiangsu. He was a carving worker and a disciple of Yu Chan who was a calligrapher of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. There is a collection of his works such as flowers, birds, human figures, insects, and landscapes.