Sunday, September 7, 2008

Lan Ying

Lán Yīng ; ca. 1585-1664 was a painter of , human figures, flowers and birds during the Ming Dynasty .

Lan was born in Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province . His style name was 'Tianshu diesou' and his sobriquets were 'Shi Toutou and Dongguo laoren'. Lan's painting followed the style of Huang Gongwang and Wu Zhen. Lan was trained at the Painting Academy of the South Song Dynasty. Lan's son Lan Yu and grandson Lan Shen also grew up to be painters.

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