Zhao Zuo

Zhao Zuo, Landscape of Quick Water from High Mountain, Shanghai Museum, 1611

Zhao Zuo (simplified Chinese: 赵左; traditional Chinese: 趙左; pinyin: Zhào Zuǒ; Wade–Giles: Chao Tso), a native of Huating (华亭, now Songjiang, Shanghai) was a noted Chinese painter in Ming Dynasty.^[1] His birth and death years are unknown. His style name was 'Wendu' (文度).^[2]

Zhao specialized in painting landscapes with a rich and pure brushstroke style. He followed Song Xu and was one of the representative painters of "The Su Song Style" (苏松派).

Notes

1. Cihai: Page 1944.
2. "Zhao Zuo Brief Biography". Retrieved 9 July 2008.

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.