Zou Yigui
Illustration — Zou Yigui's colophon painting to the Song dynasty Palace Museum version of the Admonitions Scroll, 1746. Zou Yigui (1686–1772), style name as Yuanbao (原褒), sobriquet as Xiaoshan (小山) and Erzhi (二知), is a famed Chinese painter in Qing dynasty. He was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.
Also recorded as Yuanyidai · Rangqing · Erzhilaoren · Yuanbao
Zou Yigui
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- Born
- Zou Yigui was born on 1 January 1686. · Wuxi.
- Died
- Zou Yigui died on 1 January 1772.
- Nationality
- Qing dynasty
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- landscape
- Languages
- Classical Chinese · Old Mandarin
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Illustration — Zou Yigui's colophon painting to the Song dynasty Palace Museum version of the Admonitions Scroll, 1746. Zou Yigui (1686–1772), style name as Yuanbao (原褒), sobriquet as Xiaoshan (小山) and Erzhi (二知), is a famed Chinese painter in Qing dynasty. He was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.
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He painted for the imperial family, skilled in painting flowers and landscapes. He once wrote a book named "Art of Painting of Xiaoshan" (小山畫譜), discussing the experience of painting.
The recorded working language is Classical Chinese and Old Mandarin. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Positions recorded include Hanlin Academy bianxiu. Work by Zou Yigui is recorded in the collections of Yale University Art Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and The Palace Museum.
Zou Yigui - Corn, Lotus Root, and Water Chestnut - 2003.143.14 - Yale University Art Gallery
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