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Six Gentlemen
Ni Zan · 1345
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Ni Zan
Yuan dynasty · 1301–1374
Ni Zan was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods. Along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Wang Meng, he is considered to be one of the Four Masters of the Yuan dynasty.
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Six Gentlemen
Ni Zan · 1345
Shanghai Museum on People's Square
Six Gentlemen is a landscape painting by the Yuan dynasty Chinese artist Ni Zan (1301 to 1374). The work portrays six trees along a riverbank, a metaphor for the principled seclusion of virtuous gentlemen in an era of violent upheaval and foreign occupation. As the first of Ni Zan’s paintings to demonstrate the stark, minimalist style for which he is known, Six Gentlemen marked a turning point in his artistic career.
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