Huang Shen

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Huang Shen (pinyin: Huáng Shèn) (1687 - 1772) was a painter born in Fujian, China to a poor family.

In the earliest part of his career he excelled at cursive calligraphy and favored a meticulous style modelled after Ni Zan. He became better know as an artistic innovator who was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. When it came to paintings of people he favored images of religious, historic, and common people. His more famous works are The Drunk Monk and Shepherd Su Wu.

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• Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford (73) Oxford ISBN 1-85444-132-9
• National Palace Museum
• China culture.org
• HK artclub