Zhou Zhimian
Zhou Zhimian (Chinese: 周之冕), courtesy name as Fuqing, sobriquet as Shaogu, is a noted Chinese painter in Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years are unknown. He was born in Changshu, Jiangsu Province.
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- Zhou Zhimian was born in 1521.
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- painter
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- landscape
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Zhou Zhimian (Chinese: 周之冕), courtesy name as Fuqing, sobriquet as Shaogu, is a noted Chinese painter in Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years are unknown. He was born in Changshu, Jiangsu Province.
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He excelled at bird-and-flower painting, especially domestic birds. He observed the birds flying and eating, and painted them in a pure and terse taste.
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Zhou Zhimian was born on 1 January 1521.
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Zhou Zhimian is classed in the genre landscape painting. Recorded as a citizen of Ming dynasty. Recorded with the occupation painter.
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