Chen Lin (painter)

Chen Lin (simplified Chinese: 陈琳; traditional Chinese: 陳琳; pinyin: Chén Lín; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Lin; ca. 1260–1320)[1] was a Chinese landscape painter during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368). His specific birth and death dates are not known.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen was born in Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province.[2] His style name was 'Zhongmei'. Chen was instructed by Zhao Mengfu. He specialized in landscape, human figure, and bird-and-flower paintings, and his style utilized bold and vigorous strokes with light colors.

Chen Lin, Water Fowl, National Palace Museum

Notes
  1. Barnhart: 374.
  2. "Chen Lin Brief Biography". Retrieved 2008-07-11.

References
  • Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07013-6



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