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Zou Yigui

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Name
  
Zou Yigui

Died
  
1772

Role
  
Painter

Zou Yigui

Zou Yigui (simplified Chinese: 邹一桂; traditional Chinese: 鄒一桂; pinyin: Zou Yigui; Wade–Giles: Tsou I-kui) (1686–1772), style name as Yuanbao (原褒), sobriquet as Xiaoshan (小山) and Erzhi (二知), is a famed Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty. He was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.

He painted for the imperial family, skilled in painting flowers in minutes ways. He was also talented in painting landscapes. He once wrote a book named "Art of Painting of Xiaoshan" (小山画谱), discussing the experience of painting.

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Zou Yigui Wikipedia