Xi Yun - Artist Info

About Xi Yun

  • Biography

    Yun Xi was the twenty-first son of the Kangxi emperor.  He was made a beizi (earl) in the eighth year of the Yongzheng era (1730), and soon became a beile (marquis).  When Emperor Qianlong ascended the throne, Yun Xi was made Shen Junwang (the Duke of Shen).  Yun Xi was a very able artist, following both the ancient style of Dong Yuan and that of Wen Zhengming.  He died in the twenty-third year of the Qianlong era, and the emperor Qianlong's sixth son Yong Rong was appointed as his heir.

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