Shen Zhou
1427–1509
Shen Zhou founded the Wu school, a community of scholars and officials around Suzhou. He practised painting, calligraphy and poetry, often combining them in one work. His flowering crab apple scroll carries his own poem. The plant, inscription and handwriting reveal different aspects of his practice.
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Sources
Unidentified Ming-dynasty painter; inscriptions by Shen Zhou · The Palace Museum, Beijing; public-domain scan by Wikimedia Commons contributor Eugene a · Palace Museum, Beijing; object identification and catalogue by Suzhou Museum; independent public-domain scan via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (faithful reproduction of public-domain two-dimensional artwork) Portrait source · Licence