Qian Gu

• Qian Gu (銭穀), courtesy name Shubao (字: 叔寶), was from Changzhou County, Suzhou Prefecture, in the southern Jiangsu region (now part of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province) during the Ming Dynasty. He studied under the famous artist Wen Zhengming (文徴明). Qian Gu was particularly skilled in landscape painting (山水画) and flower-and-bird painting (花鳥画).

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  • Zhao Mengfu

    Zhao Mengfu, styled Zi’ang and also known by the art name Songxue Daoren, was an official and painter-calligrapher of the Yuan dynasty. His wife was Guan Daosheng, a painter and poet of the Yuan dynasty. He was also the maternal grandfather of the Yuan painter Wang Meng. Serving as a Hanlin Academician, he became a leading figure in Yuan literati painting and calligraphy.