Jin Nong

1687–1764 · Qing dynasty

Born in 1687 in Hangzhou, Jin Nong (金農) became popular as a painter and calligrapher while living as a childless widower in Yangzhou in his sixties. His paintings of mei blossoms were in particular demand there. Wikipedia

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Works

“Blossoming Prunus”, 1759 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Grooms and Foreign Horses”, 1725 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Ink Play”, 1754 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Plum Blossoms”, 1757 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Ink Plum (Mo mei 墨梅)” — Princeton Art Museum
“Appreciating Bamboo” — Princeton Art Museum
“Bamboo and Calligraphy”, 1750 — Princeton Art Museum
“Plum Blossom and Calligraphy”, 1761 — Yale University Art Gallery
“Willow Tree and Blossoming Peach” — Yale University Art Gallery