The new painting form developed to a more mature stage in the Tang Dynasty, and several famous landscape painters appeared. They include the Li Sixun family, who specialized in green mountain and river painting, and Wei Yan and Zhang Zao, who excelled in splashed-ink landscapes.
By Fan Kuan of Song Dynasty
Mountains and water painting, too, reached a peak in the Song Dynasty. Landscape painters of different styles emerged in large numbers. Among them are the northern style landscape painters Li Cheng, Fan Kuan and Guo Zhongshu with their bold painting style and the southern style painters Dong Yuan and Ju Ran whose paintings had a delicate beauty with light colors.
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