Complete Collection of Paintings and Calligraphy of the Yangzhou School: Bian Shoumin

Author: People's Fine Arts Press
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Among the "Eight (Unconventional Geniuses) of Yangzhou," there was Bian Shoumin, who lived a reclusive life in poverty yet so impressed Jin Nong that he willingly described himself as "utterly overwhelmed by Bian." Bian was skilled in poetry, calligraphy, and painting, excelling particularly in floral and feathered subjects. He was renowned for his paintings of reeds and wild geese, earning the nickname "Bian Reed-Goose." Gao Fenghan compared him to the contemporary "Bian Luang" (a renowned Tang Dynasty). Over a hundred calligraphers, painters, and literary figures such as Hua Xinluo, Zheng Banqiao, Shen Feng, and Cai Jia often exchanged poetry, calligraphy, and paintings with him.