Sunday, September 7, 2008

Dai Jin

Dai Jin is noted as the founder of the Zhe school of Ming dynasty painting. He began his life in Hangzhou. Although he studied painting as a boy his initial occupation was carpentry. Later he became known for landscapes and animal paintings. His school would be known as a conservative one that studied the Yuan masters. He served as an official for a time but after angering the Emperor he returned to Hangzhou in Zhejiang, Zhejiang being where the Zhe school was based.

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*''Masterpieces of Chinese Art'' , by Rhonda and Jeffrey Cooper, Todtri Productions, 1997. ISBN 1577170601
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