Cuī Zǐzhōng (; died 1644) was a

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painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

during the

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(1368–1644). Cui was born in

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in the

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province. His style name was 'Daomu' and his

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was 'Qingying'. Cui specialized in human figure painting following in the style of

Zhou Wenju 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. Zhou was born in Jurong, and specialized in figure ...

in its tense and heightened state. He went on strike for a period of time when

Li Zicheng Li Zicheng (22 September 1606 – 1645), born Li Hongji, also known by his nickname, the Thunder King, was a Chinese Late Ming peasant rebellions, peasant rebel leader who helped overthrow the Ming dynasty in April 1644 and ruled over northe ...

captured

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, where he was living at the time. Cui's reputation for great painting led to him to be known colloquially as 'Cui in North'.

References

* 1644 deaths Ming dynasty landscape painters Artists from Yantai Painters from Shandong Year of birth unknown {{China-painter-stub