Yuan Jiang

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Mount Li Escaping the Heat (驪山避暑图 ), Capital Museum Beijing

Yuan Jiang (Chinese: 袁江; pinyin: Yuán Jiāng; Wade–Giles: Yüan Chiang); was a Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912). His specific years of birth and death are not known. He served at the imperial palace during the Yong Zheng era (1722–1735).[1]

Yuan was born in Yangzhou in the Jiangsu province.[2] He was part of an artistic family, his nephew Yuan Yao was also landscape painter. Yuan painted landscapes and garrets, as well as bird-and-flower paintings and paintings of beasts. His landscapes and garrets contained accurate composition and minute detail that were suitable for construction.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ 中国古代书画鑑定组: Page 37.
  2. ^ "Yuan Jiang Brief Biography". http://www.china-on-site.com/pages/painter/1138.php. Retrieved 2008-07-17. 

[edit] References

  • Zhongguo gu dai shu hua jian ding zu (中国古代书画鑑定组). 2001. Zhongguo hui hua quan ji (中国绘画全集). Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji. Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she. Volume 26.

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