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China: A group of scholars playing cuju< / i>, an early Chinese version of football. Qing Dynasty painter Huang Shen (1687-1772)

Huang Shen was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty. Huang was born in Ninghua, Fujian province, to a poor family.<br/><br/>. He began his training under the painter Shangguan Zhou. In the earliest part of his career he excelled at cursive calligraphy and favored a meticulous style modelled after Ni Zan. He became better known as an artistic innovator who was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. When it came to paintings of people he favored images of religious, historic, and common people. His more famous works include <i>The Drunk Monk</i> and <i>Shepherd Su Wu</i>.
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China: A group of scholars playing cuju< / i>, an early Chinese version of football. Qing Dynasty painter Huang Shen (1687-1772)
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Huang Shen was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty. Huang was born in Ninghua, Fujian province, to a poor family.

. He began his training under the painter Shangguan Zhou. In the earliest part of his career he excelled at cursive calligraphy and favored a meticulous style modelled after Ni Zan. He became better known as an artistic innovator who was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. When it came to paintings of people he favored images of religious, historic, and common people. His more famous works include The Drunk Monk and Shepherd Su Wu.
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37.2 x 32.7 cm | 14.7 x 12.9 in (300 dpi)
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