Zou Zhe Explained

Zou Zhe (1636-ca. 1708),^[1] was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.

Zou was born in Wuxi in Jiangsu province.^[2] His courtesy name was Fanglu (方鲁).^[3] He lived in Nanjing, and later became known as one of the Eight Masters of Nanjing. Zou specialized in landscapes and bird-and-flower paintings though only his landscape paintings still exist.^[1]

References

• Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press.

Notes and References

1. Barnhart: Page 267.
2. Web site: Zou Zhe Brief Biography. 2008-09-17.
3. Barnhart: Page 381.