Chinese painting: Ming

In Ming China, scholar-painters worked beside professional and academy painters. In Suzhou, Shen Zhou founded the Wu School, a circle of scholars and officials known for refined painting and calligraphy. Late in the dynasty the critic and painter Dong Qichang drew a firm line between professional and scholar painters, favoring the scholars, with a lasting effect on Chinese painting. Connected places: Suzhou · Songjiang · Hangzhou.

• Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: after Wang Meng (c. 1308-1385)Lan Ying, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), first half of 17th century
• Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: after Ni Zan (1301-1374)Lan Ying, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), first half of 17th century
• The Mountain of Five CataractsChen Hongshou, c. 1630
• Lady Xuanwen Giving Instruction on the Rites of ZhouChen Hongshou, 1638
• Landscape with Trees in the Manner of Ni Zan (1301–1374)Dong Qichang, ca. 1622–25
• Mt. QingbianDong Qichang, 1617
• Poem Commemorating an Imperially Bestowed FeastDong Qichang, dated 1632
• Zhi and Xu's Pure ConversationLan Ying, 1643
• Yellow Chrysanthemums and Red Osmanthus in the Style of Wang YuanShen Zhou, 1468
• Anchorage on a rainy nightShen Zhou, dated 1477
• Distant View of Tiger Hill from the Canal Mooring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, SuzhouShen Zhou, after 1490
• The Fool's Spring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, SuzhouShen Zhou, after 1490
• The Sword Spring, Tiger Hill, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, SuzhouShen Zhou, after 1490
• The Thousand Buddha Hall and the Pagoda of the "Cloudy Cliff" Monastery, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, SuzhouShen Zhou, after 1490
• Flowering Crab AppleShen Zhou, 1500
• Baoyang LakeSong Xu, c. 1588
• Yutai Peak (Jade Terrace Peak)Song Xu, c. 1588
• Drunken fisherman by a reed bankTang Yin, early 16th century
• Mount HuaTang Yin, 1506
• Washing the Feet (from the Dusty World)Wen Boren, 1570
• Living AloftWen Zhengming, 1543
• View of Lake TaiWen Zhengming, dated 1543
• Old Trees by a Wintry BrookWen Zhengming, 1551
• Clouds and Waves at the Wu GorgeXie Shichen, c. 1547–67