Zhou Wenju
Zhou Zhou Wenju (fl. 942–961), also known as Chou Wen-chu, was a Chinese painter during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960). His exact birth and death dates are not known.
Also recorded as Wenju Zhou · Chou Wen-chü · Zhou wenju · Chou Wen-chu
Zhou Wenju
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- Born
- 917 · Nanjing.
- Died
- 975
- Nationality
- Southern Tang · Song dynasty
- Occupation
- painter
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Zhou was born in Jurong, and specialized in figure painting. He worked as a painter in attendance at the Painting Academy of the Southern Tang court. A follower of Zhou Fang in the Tang. Quite a few paintings are attributed to him, but none with much evidence. Most works attributed to him are later copies or misattributions. Four scroll monochrome copies before 1140 are a little plausible, one of which is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Illustration — A Literary Garden (文苑图 Wenyuantu) • Illustration — Chess Meeting with Double Screens (重屏会棋图 Zhongping Huiqitu), depicting Li Jing and his brothers playing weiqi • Illustration — In the Palace (宫中图 Gongzhongtu), 12th century copy, section one. • Illustration — In the Palace, section two. • Illustration — In the Palace, section three. • Illustration — In the Palace, section four. • Illustration — In the Palace, section five.
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- 1.harvsp James Cahill 1960 p=45
- 2.harvsp James Cahill 1960 p=46
- 3.Emmanuel Bénézit. Dictionnaire des peintres,sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. éditions Gründ. 10. 13440. 1999. 2700030184.
- 4.harvsp Nicole Vandier-Nicolas 1983 p=95
- 5.F. Cheng, « Li Yu, onze poèmes » Argiles, XIX-XX, p. 33
- 6.Peintre attendant les ordres du prince ou de l'empereur: daizhao
- 7.Tang Hou, Gujin Huajian, publié in: Meishu congshu, I, p. 168 (Tang-hua)
- 8.harvsp Nicole Vandier-Nicolas 1983 p=96
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Nicole Vandier-Nicolas. Peinture chinoise et tradition lettrée. Éditions du Seuil. 1983. 2-02-006440-5.
- James Cahill. La peinture chinoise - Les trésors de l'Asie. éditions Albert Skira. 1960.
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