Zhou Zhimian (Chinese: ε¨δΉε), courtesy name as Fuqing, sobriquet as Shaogu, is a noted Chinese painter in Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years are unknown. He was born in Changshu, Jiangsu Province.
He excelled at bird-and-flower painting, especially domestic birds. He observed the birds flying and eating, and painted them in a pure and terse taste.[1]