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Chinese painting: Qing

23 artworks from public collections

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After the Manchus founded the Qing dynasty in 1644, Chinese painting grew more varied. The Orthodox School followed a canon of earlier masters endorsed by Dong Qichang, while individualists such as Zhu Da rejected conventions for personal expression. In the 1700s the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou rejected orthodox ideas, and in the 1800s Shanghai had its own school. Connected places: Nanjing · Yangzhou · Shanghai.

Museum reproductions, with sources and image credits on every artwork page. Galler is an independent virtual museum.

Style introduction: Asian Art Museum · The Development of Landscape Painting in China, Cleveland Museum of Art · Landscape after Ni Zan, Cleveland Museum of Art · Landscape after Guo Zhongshu, Cleveland Museum of Art · Album of Landscape Painting Illustrating Old Poems, Art Institute of Chicago · Mynah and Lotus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Wintry mountains (Gong Xian), Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art · Empresses of China’s Forbidden City.