Zhao Shuru

• Zhao Shuru(1874-1945) was born in Yinxian (now Ningbo) Zhejiang. Original name was Run Xiang, courtesy name was Xian Chen and Shuru, later he changed his name to Shi Zhe, art name was Ren Chang, in his later years he named himself Ernu Laoren also known as Shu Ru. Late Qing Dynasty, he appointed in a government post named ‘Tong Zhi’ in Fujian Province. After the Republic of China was established, he lived in seclusion in Shanghai. He is good at epigraph, painting and calligraphy, flowers, plants, insects and animals, especially painting horses ,and can be called “the Zhao Mengfu of modern times”.

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    Wang Yiting, courtesy name is Yiting, art name is Bai longshan ren, Meihua guan zhu, Hai Yunshan zhu deng and so on. He was born in Qingpu, Shanghai. He is a famous artist and Comprador in the last years of Qing dynasty, the early years of Republic of China. He was a buddhist for life. He learned painting from Xu Xiaocang when he was young.

  • Shang Shengbo

  • Guo Lanxiang

    Guo Lanxiang was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province with the courtesy name as Watei, Shanchong and the artname as Shosai, Bingdojin. He specialized in poetry, painting, and seal engraving. Guo Si-kun's eldest son. In his early years, he specialized in floral paintings, later landscape paintings, modeled on the Northern and Southern Schools. The flowers he draws are painted in vivid colors. His painting art made great progress by travelling to Suzhou and encountering masters such as Gu He-yi and Wu Chang-shuo.

  • Hu Yefo

    Hu Yefo, courtesy name is Dakong, art names are Guhua and Shihui, pen names are Hu Ruofu, Hu Yefo, Hu Dingwen, Hu Xin and Hu Qiang, born in Yuyaosheng, Zhejiang. Good at comic strips, erotic paintings, made paintings, Gongbi painting.

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  • Wu Zheng

    Wu Zheng, courtesy name Daiqiu, with the pen names Baoshi Ju Shi, Shulin Zhongzi, and Chunhui Waishi, was born in Chongde County, Zhejiang Province, and was a native of Lusi Bay. He was a painter during the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.

  • Deng Erya

    Deng Erya was born in Dongguan, Guangdong. He is a fourth son of Deng Lianshang. He learned seal-engraving when he was 8-year-old and he also learned seal carving when he was in elementary school. After he was back in Guangdong, he saw Hung Muhu’s seal carving and started learning making stamps. Around his 40s, he went to Japan to learn literature and after he went back to Guagdong, he learned gold stone and calligraphy. He has rich collection. The most valuable one is “Kuangzhanruo Instrument” in the last year of Ming dynasty.

  • Deng Sanmu

    Deng Sanmu was born in Shanghai. His calligraphy was excellent in all four scripts: regular script, cursive script, clerical script, and seal script. His style of calligraphy was magnificent, and also he was good at seal carving.

  • 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.

  • Ren Xun

    Ren Xun (任薰), styled Shunqin (舜琴) and also known as Fuchang (阜長), was a painter from Zhejiang during the Qing Dynasty. Influenced by his father and elder brothers, Ren Xun achieved high mastery in various subjects such as figures, flowers, birds, and landscapes. He was especially skilled in the technique of double-outline flower and bird painting. In his time, he was widely praised and renowned, with many referring to him as "Ren Fuchang, renowned for his skill in painting."

  • Tan Zekai

    Tan Zekai was born in Chaling Hunan, courtesy name was Zutong, art name was Ping Zhai and Tian Sui Ge. He was a calligrapher, especially good at semi-cursive style. His mentor were Weng Tonghe, He Shaoji, Qian Feng, Yan Zhenqing. His calligraphy is powerful and majestic hand, and also good at Bang Shu.