Wu Zhen
Wu Zhen (courtesy name: Zhonggui 仲圭; art name: Meihuadaoren 梅花道人) (1280–1354 C.E.) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan dynasty. He was best known for being one of the Four Masters of the Yuan. • Illustration — Tomb of Wu Zhen
Also recorded as Wu Chen · Zhen Wu · zi Zhonggui · Zhonggui
Wu Zhen
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- Born
- 1280 · Jiashan County.
- Died
- 1354
- Nationality
- Yuan dynasty
- Occupation
- painter · astrologer · poet
- Fields
- Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty
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Subjects and genres recorded for the work are Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty. Work by Wu Zhen is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Palace Museum, Yale University Art Gallery and Cleveland Museum of Art.
He was born in Weitang (now known as Chengguan). Most of his family is unknown. Zhen graduated being educated in philosophy and swordsmanship. Shortly after his graduation, he chose to become a painter. His paintings did not sell well, but he had close friends who taught him how to paint, including Wu Guan, Zhang Guan, and Tao Zhongyi.
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Wu Zhen (1280 – 1354) was a painter. Wu Zhen was born in 1280 in Jiaxing, Prov. Zhejiang and died in 1354.
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Many of Zhen's artworks were landscape paintings and paintings of bamboo. He also occasionally inserted poems into his artworks, which also helped him become better at calligraphy, poetry and artwork simultaneously. • Illustration — Wu Zhen, Hermit Fisherman on Lake Dongting • Illustration — Wu Zhen, Fisherman, National Palace Museum
Poetic Feeling in a Thatched Pavilion, 1347, by Wu Zhen
Wu Zhen · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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- 1.Wu Zhen Paintings Chinese Art Gallery China Online Museum. China Online Museum.
- 2.Wu Zhen Chinese painter. Encyclopedia Britannica.
- 3.Wang, Tzi-Cheng. Wu Zhen's Poetic Inscriptions on Paintings. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 64. 2. 208–239. 2001. 0041-977X.
- 4.Li, Chu-Tsing. Wu Zhen. Grove Art Online. 2003. 9781884446054.
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