The Four Great Painters of the Yuan Dynasty

House on the Zizhi Mountain by
Ni Zan
Wu Zhen was a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang
Province . He was knowledgeable but arrogant and lived a secluded life in
the countryside. He learned painting from the famous painter Ju Ran and was good
at using wet brush and strokes. The style of his paintings is vast and gloomy.
His representative works are Eight Scenes of Jiahe and Water-bound Village.
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