Wu Hong

Not to be confused with Wu Hung, the modern specialist on the contemporary Chinese art

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu.

Wu Hong (simplified Chinese: 吴宏; traditional Chinese: 吳宏; pinyin: Wú Hóng; Wade–Giles: Wu Hung) was a Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912), one of the Eight Masters of Nanjing. His years of birth and death are not known.

Wu was born in the Jiangxi province.[1] His courtesy name was Yuandu. Wu specialized in painting landscapes and ink bamboo works.

References

  1. ↑ "Wú Hóng Brief Biography". Retrieved 2008-07-17.


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