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Facts

Also Known As Hsü Wei
Born 1521 • China
Died 1593 (aged 72)
Movement / Style Zhe school
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Wang Hui
Chinese painter
Ma Yuan: Scholar by a Waterfall
Ma Yuan
Chinese painter
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Yun Shouping
Chinese painter
Life on the River, detail of paper scroll in ink and colour by Dai Jin, mid 15th century; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Dai Jin
Chinese painter
Pure and Remote View of Streams and Mountains, detail of hand scroll in ink and paper by Xia Gui, early 13th century (Southern Song); in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
Xia Gui
Chinese artist
Tower of the Rising Clouds, colour on silk by Mi Fu; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Mi Fu
Chinese artist
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Xu Beihong
Chinese painter
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Pan Tianshou
Chinese artist
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Lu Yanshao
Chinese painter
Zhang Daquian: The Reading Lady
Zhang Daqian
Chinese painter
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Wu Changshuo
Chinese artist
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Wang Wei
Chinese author and artist
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Liu Songnian
Chinese painter
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Dong Qichang
Chinese artist
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Lin Fengmian
Chinese artist
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Li Keran
Chinese artist
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Huang Binhong
Chinese painter
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Chen Shizeng
Chinese painter and critic
Ni Zan: Maple Leaves Falling on the Wu River
Ni Zan
Chinese painter
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Shitao
Chinese painter

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