About Xiao Yuncong
Lived 1596 – 1673 (aged 76–77). Xiao Yuncong was a Chinese painter, poet and calligrapher.
Reading in the Snowy Mountains (雪岳读书). Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper. 79.8 x 40.4 cm. Palace Museum.
Xiao Yuncong (; 1596–1673) was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Xiao was born in Wuhu in Anhui province, at that time part of Taiping Prefecture. His style name was 'Chimu' and his pseudonym was 'Wumen Daoren' . Later in life he acquired the pseudonyms 'Zhongshan Laoren' and 'Anhui Wuhuren' . which used dry and twisting brushstrokes called gui shu pai .
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Who was Xiao Yuncong?
Chinese painter (1596-1673)
When was Xiao Yuncong born?
Xiao Yuncong was born in 1596 in Wuhu.
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Xiao Yuncong died in 1673.
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Xiao Yuncong was a painter, poet and calligrapher.
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Xiao Yuncong was Chinese.
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