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Spring morning in the Han Palace, by Qiu Ying

Qiu Ying (仇英; Wade-Giles Ch'iu Ying) (1494 - 1552) was a Chinese painter who specialized in the gongbi brush technique. Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... Events January 25 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. ... Events April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ...


He was born to a peasant family, and studied painting in Suzhou. He incorporated different techniques into his paintings, and acquired a few wealthy patrons. In time he came to be regarded as one of the great painters of the Ming Dynasty. Suzhou (Simplified Chinese: 苏州; Traditional Chinese: 蘇州; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Su-chou; sometimes seen transliterated as Su-chow, Suchow, or Soochow) is one of the most famous cities in China. ... very wordy. ...


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Qiu Ying (仇英; Wade-Giles Ch'iu Ying) (1494 - 1552) was a Chinese painter who specialized in the gongbi brush technique.
He was born to a peasant family, and studied painting at the Wu School in Suzhou.
The other two were both younger than Qiu: Zhou Fenglai (1523–55), from nearby Kunshan, and the well-known wealthy collector Xiang Yuanbian, whose home was in Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province.
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