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1618 Kunshan, Jiangsu, China - 1689. Known for: Tree landscape and mountain scene painting, drawing.
Gong Xian (1618-1689: some sources give his birth year as early as 1617 or as late as 1620; . He was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu and was a Chinese painter and the most important of the Eight Masters of... Read full biography
Gong Xian (1618-1689: some sources give his birth year as early as 1617 or as late as 1620; . He was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu and was a Chinese painter and the most important of the Eight Masters of Nanjing* and the leading painter of the Nanjing school. Primarily a landscape painter, mountains... Read full biography
Gong Xian (1618-1689: some sources give his birth year as early as 1617 or as late as 1620; . He was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu and was a Chinese painter and the most important of the Eight Masters of Nanjing* and the leading painter of the Nanjing school. Primarily a landscape painter, mountains were the subject of most of Gong Xian's paintings. Willows are also a common theme in his work. Gong Xian was a scholar loyal to the fallen Ming Dynasty, and he engaged in anti-Qing political activities... Read full biography
Gong Xian (1618-1689: some sources give his birth year as early as 1617 or as late as 1620; . He was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu and was a Chinese painter and the most important of the Eight Masters of Nanjing* and the leading painter of the Nanjing school. Primarily a landscape painter, mountains were the subject of most of Gong Xian's paintings. Willows are also a common theme in his work. Gong Xian was a scholar loyal to the fallen Ming Dynasty, and he engaged in anti-Qing political activities in his youth. Following the fall of Nanjing to the Qing, he was forced to flee to save his life. He spent many years at Yangzhou in exile, during which he continued to author anti-Qing works, and develop his characteristic "light Gong" and "dark... Read full biography
Gong Xian (1618-1689: some sources give his birth year as early as 1617 or as late as 1620; . He was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu and was a Chinese painter and the most important of the Eight Masters of Nanjing* and the leading painter of the Nanjing school. Primarily a landscape painter, mountains were the subject of most of Gong Xian's paintings. Willows are also a common theme in his work. Gong Xian was a scholar loyal to the fallen Ming Dynasty, and he engaged in anti-Qing political activities in his youth. Following the fall of Nanjing to the Qing, he was forced to flee to save his life. He spent many years at Yangzhou in exile, during which he continued to author anti-Qing works, and develop his characteristic "light Gong" and "dark Gong" styles. Gong Xian was one of the literati and known for his work with prose and poetry. It was only after the fall of Nanj... Read full biography
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