Chen Lin (; ca. 1260–1320)Barnhart: 374. was a Chinese landscape painter during the

Yuan Dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

(1271–1368). His specific birth and death dates are not known. Chen was born in

Hangzhou Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...

in the

Zhejiang ) , translit_lang1_type2 = , translit_lang1_info2 = ( Hangzhounese) ( Ningbonese) (Wenzhounese) , image_skyline = 玉甑峰全貌 - panoramio.jpg , image_caption = View of the Yandang Mountains , image_map = Zhejiang i ...

province. His style name was 'Zhongmei'. Chen was instructed by Zhao Mengfu. He specialized in landscape, human figure, and

bird-and-flower painting Bird-and-flower painting, called () in chinese language, Chinese, is a kind of Chinese painting with a long tradition in China and is considered one of the treasures of Chinese culture. The was named after its subject matter. It originated in t ...

s, and his style utilized bold and vigorous strokes with light colors.

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*Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. Year of death unknown Year of birth uncertain Yuan dynasty landscape painters Artists from Hangzhou Painters from Zhejiang {{China-painter-stub