Wen Chu
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- Born
- 1595 · Suzhou.
- Died
- 1634
- Nationality
- Ming dynasty · Qing dynasty
- Occupation
- painter · poet · illustrator · artist
- Fields
- floral painting · sketch · visual arts · illustration
- Movements
- Wu School
- Languages
- Chinese
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Biography
The recorded working language is Chinese. The field of work recorded is floral painting, sketch and visual arts. Work by Wen Chu is recorded in the collections of The Palace Museum and Shanghai Museum.
Wen Chu, 印章 文端容氏
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Wen Chu, 印章 文俶
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- 1.Tseng, Yuho. Women Painters of the Ming Dynasty. Artibus Asiae. 53. 1/2. 249–261. 1993. 0004-3648.
- 2.Kleiner, Fred S. Gardner's Art through the Ages: Non-Western Perspectives. Cengage Learning. 82. 2009. 978-0495573678.
- 3.Fine Chinese Paintings. Christie's.
- 4.Rawson, Jessica. British Museum Book of Chinese Art. British Museum Press. 340. 1992. 9780714124469.
- 5.Weidner, Marsha. Views from Jade Terrace: Chinese women artists, 1300-1912. Indianapolis Museum of Art. 1988. 0847810038.
- 6.Laing, Ellen Johnston. Views from Jade Terrace: Chinese women artists, 1300-1912. 31-39. 1988. 0847810038.
- 7.Lee, Lily Xiao Hong. Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming, 618-1644. M.E. Sharpe. 444. 2014. 9780765643162.
- 8.Clunas, Craig. Art in China. Oxford University Press. 159. 2009. 9780199217342.
- 9.Weidner, Marsha. Flowering in the shadows : Women in the history of Chinese and Japanese painting. University of Hawai`i Press. 147. 1990. 9780824811495.
- 10.Weidner, Marsha. Views from Jade Terrace : Chinese women artists, 1300-1912. Indianapolis Museum of Art. 53-65. 1988. 0847810038.
- 11.Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Wen Shu on Venus. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
- 12.Christie's, Hong Kong, Sale 12550, "Fine Chinese Classical Paintings & Calligraphy", Lot 903. Sold for HKD 525,000
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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