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Zan Ni BIOGRAPHY
1301 Wuxi, China - 1374. Known for: Scroll landscape painting.
Ni Zan (1301-1374) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods. Along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Wang Meng, he is considered to be one of the Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty.... Read full biography
Ni Zan (1301-1374) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods. Along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Wang Meng, he is considered to be one of the Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty. Ni Zan was born into a wealthy family in Wuxi. His style name was Yuan Zhen. His pseudonyms were... Read full biography
Ni Zan (1301-1374) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods. Along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Wang Meng, he is considered to be one of the Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty. Ni Zan was born into a wealthy family in Wuxi. His style name was Yuan Zhen. His pseudonyms were Yun Lin Zi, Huan Xia Sheng, and Jing Man Min. He was born after the death of the Kublai Khan, the Mongolian ruler who defeated the Song and established dominance over all that had traditionally been... Read full biography
Ni Zan (1301-1374) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods. Along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Wang Meng, he is considered to be one of the Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty. Ni Zan was born into a wealthy family in Wuxi. His style name was Yuan Zhen. His pseudonyms were Yun Lin Zi, Huan Xia Sheng, and Jing Man Min. He was born after the death of the Kublai Khan, the Mongolian ruler who defeated the Song and established dominance over all that had traditionally been considered China. The Yuan rulers did not trust many of the Confucian scholars and instead preferred to instill Mongolians and Muslims to perform administrative tasks. Ni Zan was born into an elite family who could afford to be educated despite the... Read full biography
Ni Zan (1301-1374) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods. Along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Wang Meng, he is considered to be one of the Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty. Ni Zan was born into a wealthy family in Wuxi. His style name was Yuan Zhen. His pseudonyms were Yun Lin Zi, Huan Xia Sheng, and Jing Man Min. He was born after the death of the Kublai Khan, the Mongolian ruler who defeated the Song and established dominance over all that had traditionally been considered China. The Yuan rulers did not trust many of the Confucian scholars and instead preferred to instill Mongolians and Muslims to perform administrative tasks. Ni Zan was born into an elite family who could afford to be educated despite the unavailability of high-paying governmental jobs that traditionally were the reward for a rigorous Confucian education. These wealthy s... Read full biography
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Ni Zan (1301-1374) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods. Along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Wang Meng, he is considered to be one of the Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty.
Ni Zan was born into a wealthy family in Wuxi. His style name was Yuan Zhen. His pseudonyms were Yun Lin Zi, Huan Xia Sheng, and Jing Man Min. He was born after the death of the Kublai Khan, the Mongolian ruler who defeated the Song and established dominance over all that had traditionally been considered China. The Yuan rulers did not trust many of the Confucian scholars and instead preferred to instill Mongolians and Muslims to perform administrative tasks.
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