Lu Zhi
Lu • Illustration — Lu Zhi, River Landscape in Spring, National Palace Museum, 1535 Lù Zhì, formerly romanized as Lu Chih (ca. 1496–1576), was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Lu was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.
Also recorded as Zhi Lu · hao Baoshan · Lu Chih · zi Shuping
Lu Zhi
![Daoist Retreat in Mountain and Stream (Landscape after Ni Zan [1301–1374]), 1567, by Lu Zhi](https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.43/1962.43_web.jpg)
Lu Zhi · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · CC0
- Born
- 1496 · Suzhou.
- Died
- 1576 · Suzhou.
- Nationality
- Ming dynasty
- Occupation
- painter · poet · calligrapher · writer · artist
- Fields
- semi-cursive script · regular script · sketch
- Teachers
- Zhu Yunming · Wen Zhengming
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Lu • Illustration — Lu Zhi, River Landscape in Spring, National Palace Museum, 1535 Lù Zhì, formerly romanized as Lu Chih (ca. 1496–1576), was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Lu was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.
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Born at Suzhou in 1496, died in Suzhou in 1576.
Training under Zhu Yunming and Wen Zhengming is recorded. The field of work recorded is semi-cursive script, regular script and sketch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Wu School and blue-green shan shui are recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are China. Work by Lu Zhi is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Ashmolean Museum, National Palace Museum and National Museum in Warsaw.
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