Mei Qing (; ca. 1623–1697) was a
Chinese landscape painter,
calligrapher and poet active during the
Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...
.
Mei was born in
Xuancheng, Anhui Province.
His
style name was 'Yuangong' (渊公 or 远公) and his
pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ...
s were 'Mount Qu' (Qushan 瞿山), 'Winter Hut' (Xue Lu 雪庐), and 'Lao Qu Fan Fu' ().
[Barnhart: 380.] Mei was taught by
Wang Meng.
He was a friend
Shitao, influencing some of Shitao's earlier works.
[Barnhart: 272.] His landscape paintings were based on his many travels to the
Yellow Mountain.
His works on poetry include: ''Tian Yan Garret Collection'' () and ''Mei Shi Anthology'' ().
[Cihai: 1305.]
Notes
References
*Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press.
* Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (). Ci hai (). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (), 1979.
1620s births
1697 deaths
Qing dynasty landscape painters
Qing dynasty poets
Qing dynasty calligraphers
Painters from Anhui
Poets from Anhui
People from Xuancheng
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