Tang Yin
1470–1523 · Chinese painting: Ming · 6 works
Tang Yin of Suzhou seemed headed for a brilliant official career until 1499, when he was caught up in a bribery case at the jinshi examination in the capital. He went home to Suzhou and lived as a professional painter from then on. The writer Wu Kuan, a close friend of Shen Zhou, was also his close friend.
6 works · 1500–1521
1500–1510 · 3 works
Walk these 3In 16th-century Suzhou, the painters of the Wu School explored the expressive brushwork of the Yuan scholar-painters. Wen Zhengming, among the most celebrated painters and calligraphers of the Ming, trained pupils including his nephew Wen Boren. Tang Yin, his hopes of office lost, lived by painting, as did Xie Shichen, whose dramatic manner recalls the Zhe school.
In the museum: Chinese painting: Ming room · 1 work
1506–1521 · 3 works
Walk these 3In the museum: Chinese painting: Ming room · 1 work
