Zheng Wenzhuo

• relevant artists

  • 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.

  • 潘沼葰

  • Wu Dacheng

    Wu Dacheng, courtesy name was Zhi Jing and Qing Qing, art name was Heng Xuan and Ke Zhai, born in Wuxian Jiangsu (now Suzhou Jiangsu), an official of the Qing Dynasty, scholar, mineralogist, and calligrapher. In 1868, he passed palace examination “Jinshi”. He was good at painting landscapes and flowers.

  • Liu Jiyou

    Liu Jiyou was a native of Tianjin and a lianhuanhua (comic-style illustration) artist, acclaimed as one of the founders of New China’s lianhuanhua art. Born in Shanghai, he was also a renowned Chinese calligrapher. After 1962, he served at the Palace Museum as Assistant Technician, Assistant Research Fellow, Associate Research Curator, and Research Curator, and received a special government allowance.

  • XU BEIHONG

    XU BEIHONG, Chinese painter, born in Jiangsu. He studied in France and learned Western art techniques. His works of ink and wash painting were mainly of horses and birds, and his powerful horse paintings are especially famous.