Zou Yigui

Zou Yigui (simplified Chinese: 邹一桂; traditional Chinese: 鄒一桂; pinyin: Zōu Yīguì; Wade–Giles: Tsou I-kui) (1686–1772), style name as Yuanbao (原褒), sobriquet as Xiaoshan (小山) and Erzhi (二知), is a famed Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty. He was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.[1]

Zou Yigui's colophon painting to the Song Dynasty Palace Museum version of the Admonitions Scroll, 1746.

He painted for the imperial family, skilled in painting flowers in minutes ways. He was also talented in painting landscapes. He once wrote a book named "Art of Painting of Xiaoshan" (小山画谱), discussing the experience of painting.[1][2]

Notes
  1. Cihai: Page 445.
  2. "Zou Yigui Brief Biography". Retrieved 2008-09-17.

References
  • Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会）. Ci hai （辞海）. Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she （上海辞书出版社）, 1979.
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