Gao Kegong
Illustration — Gao Kegong • Illustration — Gao Kegong, Hill Growing to Green and White Clouds, National Palace Museum Gao Kegong (1248–1310) was a Chinese painter, and sometimes poet, born during the Yuan dynasty; he was known for his landscapes. He was heavily influenced by father and son, Mi Fu and Mi Youren. He also studied Dong Yuan, Ju Ran, Wang Tingyun and Li Cheng.
Also recorded as Kegong Gao · zi Yanjing · Kao K'o-kung · Wenjian
Gao Kegong
著者:顧沅（清） · National Archives of Japan · Public domain
- Born
- 1248 · Datong.
- Died
- 1310
- Nationality
- Yuan dynasty
- Occupation
- painter · poet
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He was a good friend and colleague of Zhao Mengfu, and his paintings showed an artistic combination between Han and other minorities during the Yuan Dynasty. From 1300 he served the government as an assistant minister at the Ministry of Works.
Gao Kegong is recorded as painter and poet.
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Gao Kegong, born in 1248 and died in 1310, is documented in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
This is a timeline of Chinese landscape painting (and some non-landscape works) from early Tang to the present day.
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1248
Gao Kegong born at Datong.
1310
Gao Kegong died.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1019342994, Gao, Kegong.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1019342994, Gao, Kegong.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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