Chen Chun (; 1483–1544),

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Daofu and art name Baiyang Shanren, was a Ming Dynasty artist, calligrapher, and poet. Born into a wealthy family of

scholar-officials The scholar-officials, also known as literati, scholar-gentlemen or scholar-bureaucrats (), were government officials and prestigious scholars in Chinese society, forming a distinct social class. Scholar-officials were politicians and governmen ...

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...

, he learned

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from Wen Zhengming, one of the

Four Masters of the Ming dynasty The Four Masters of the Ming dynasty () are a traditional grouping in Chinese art history of four famous Chinese painting, Chinese painters that lived during the Ming dynasty. The group consists of Shen Zhou (1427–1509), Wen Zhengming (1470–15 ...

. Chen Chun later broke with Wen to favor a more freestyle method of

ink wash painting Ink wash painting ( zh, t=水墨畫, s=水墨画, p=shuǐmòhuà; ja, 水墨画, translit=suiboku-ga or ja, 墨絵, translit=sumi-e; ko, 수묵화, translit=sumukhwa) is a type of Chinese ink brush painting which uses black ink, such as tha ...

. He was associated with the Wu School of literary painting. Mi Fu of the

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had a strong influence on his work. Chen executed many landscapes, but to a degree is noted as a " Bird-and-flower" painter.

External links

Painting Gallery of Chen Chun
at China Online Museum
Works in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York
1483 births 1544 deaths Ming dynasty landscape painters Painters from Suzhou Ming dynasty calligraphers 16th-century Chinese calligraphers Ming dynasty poets Poets from Jiangsu Writers from Suzhou {{China-painter-stub