Chen Hongshou (Ming dynasty)

Hongshou Chen ( Chinese:陈洪绶, Pinyin: Chén Hongshou; * 1598 or 1599 in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, † 1652) was an eminent Chinese painter, graphic artist and illustrator at the end of Ming Dynasty and the transition to the Manchurian Qing Dynasty.

Orphaned at an early age artist, began in his childhood with the study of painting. So he made in Hangzhou stone rubbings of the 72 way effigies, the Gong Li Ling, a famous painter of the Northern Song Dynasty had created. He drew these pictures at home after repeated. Two times he lived in Beijing. During his second stay was able to get him access to Imperial Academy. There he had access to the information kept in the palace of the masterpieces of painting, including the Kaiaserporträts. Chen's fame and popularity reached a peak. In addition to Cui Zizhong, the " Master of the North ," he was, "Master the South", as one of the most important painters of his country considered. A turning point in his life marked the end of the Ming Dynasty dar. After the death ( suicide) of the Emperor, he moved back to his homeland. Since he refused to paint for the new rulers ( he remained in this position until his death ), he was briefly detained. He then spent a year in a Buddhist monastery in Shaoxing. After that, he lived as a private citizen from the sale of his paintings. He eventually surrendered to the trunk. His grave at Hengpeng Mountain in Shaoxing is still preserved. His biography has been handed down through the contemporary collector and scholar Zhou Liang Gong in his book Tuhualu alongside other artists' biographies.

Chen Hongshou is still true today as one of the most important painters of China. His work covers a wide spectrum. He left masterful landscape, flower and bird images, extraordinarily concise portrait of a person, as well as an extensive work of book illustrations for such well-known works such as the popular " Outlaws of the Liangshan Moor " or " The West Chamber " by Wang Shifu.

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Flowering branches with butterfly

Blossoms with Poem

Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of Tao Qian

Traveler

The 4 pleasures of Nan Sheng - lu

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