Xu Yang (; 1712–after 1777) was a court painter to the
Qianlong Emperor of the
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...
.
A native of
Suzhou, he was active ca. 1750–1776.
He painted 12 large silk scrolls, including ''
The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour''
and ''
Prosperous Suzhou
''Prosperous Suzhou'' (), originally entitled ''Burgeoning Life in a Resplendent Age'' (), is an 18th-century scroll painting (handscroll) created in 1759 by the Chinese court painter Xu Yang. Depicting the bustling urban life of Suzhou, it comb ...
''.
References
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Recording the Imperial Southern Inspection Tours the imperial inspection tours of the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors.
1712 births
Painters from Suzhou
Qing dynasty painters
Year of death missing
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