Wen Boren (); ca. (1502–1575)
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Chinese
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landscape painter
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during the
Ming Dynasty
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(1368–1644).
Early life
Wen was born in
Changzhou
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(present day
Wuxian of
Jiangsu
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province).
His
style name was 'Du Cheng' (德承) and his
pseudonyms were 'Wu Feng' (五峰), 'Bao Sheng' (葆生), and 'She Sheng Lao Nong' (摄山老农).
He typically painted landscapes of rounding ranges of hills with free atmosphere. His style is similar to
Zhao Mengfu
Zhao Mengfu (; courtesy name Zi'ang (子昂); pseudonyms Songxue (松雪, "Pine Snow"), Oubo (鷗波, "Gull Waves"), and Shuijing-gong Dao-ren (水精宮道人, "Master of the Water Spirits Palace"); 1254–1322), was a Chinese calligrapher, pa ...
and
Wang Meng.
Notes
References
* Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会). Ci hai (辞海). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海辞书出版社), 1979.
1502 births
1575 deaths
Painters from Suzhou
Ming dynasty landscape painters
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