Plum Blossomsby Jin Nong
After the Four Monk Painters, theQing Dynastysaw the rise of another revolutionary painting school in the Eight Eccentric Painters of Yangzhou. The eight painters are Jin Nong, Huang Shen, Zheng Xie, Li Shan, Li Fangying, Wang Shishen, Gao Xiang and Luo Pin. Their paintings did not follow the old brushstroke conventions, making them look strange compared with other paintings of the time. In addition, these painters were proud and uncontrolled and had bold personalities; thus they were named the Eight Eccentric Painters.
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