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The Four Great Painters of the Yuan Dynasty

InChinese paintinghistory, painters of the same period or region are sometimes mentioned together. An example is the Four Great Painters of theYuan Dynasty(1279-1368). The four areHuang Gongwang, Ni Zan, Wu Zhen and Wang Meng, who were all excellent painters of mountains and water scenes.

Spring Travel Paintingby Zhan Ziqian,Sui Dynasty

Landscape is an important branch of traditional Chinese painting. In early Chinese paintings, mountains and forests were drawn very small as embellishments for the human figures. But in theSpring Travel Painting, drawn by Zhan Ziqian in the Sui Dynasty, mountains and water had become the main
theme of the painting.

By Li Sixun ofTang Dynasty

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