Gu Zhengyi
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Gu Zhengyi was a famed Chinese
painter active during the Ming Dynasty
. His birth and death years are unknown. He was a native Huating (now Songjiang
, Shanghai
). His style followed Huang Gongwang
, and he was close with Song Xu
and Sun Kehong
.
Chinese people
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painter active during the Ming Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
. His birth and death years are unknown. He was a native Huating (now Songjiang
Songjiang
Songjiang may refer to the following in China:* Songjiang District , a suburban district of Shanghai, formerly Songjiang County* Songjiang , former province, merged into Heilongjiang in 1954Towns * Songjiang, Antu County, Jilin...
, Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
). His style followed Huang Gongwang
Huang Gongwang
Huáng Gōngwàng was a painter born during the late Song Dynasty in Changshu, Jiangsu. He is the oldest of the "four great masters of the Yuan." After serving as an official he acted as a Taoist priest. He spent his last years in the Fu-ch'un mountains near Hangzhou devoting himself to Taoism. It...
, and he was close with Song Xu
Song Xu
Song Xu , was a Chinese landscape painter. His courtesy name was Chuyang and pen name was Shimen . Song eventually became a Buddhist priest and adopted various religious names. He was, according to some sources from Jixing in Zhejiang province, but others assert that he was from Huzhou in Zhejiang...
and Sun Kehong
Sun Kehong
Sūn Kèhóng ; ca. 1533-1611 was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming Dynasty ....
.