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Tower of the Rising Clouds, colour on silk by Mi Fu; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Also Known As Mi Fei • Haiyue shanren • Xiangyang jushi • Yuanzhang
Born 1051
Died 1107 (aged 56) • China
Notable Works “Baozhang Daifang Lu” • “Haiyue Mingyan” • “Haiyue Tiba” • “Hua Shi” • “Tower of the Rising Clouds”
Movement / Style Mi dots • pomo
Subjects Of Study calligraphy • painting • aesthetics

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Tower of the Rising Clouds, colour on silk by Mi Fu; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Dong Qichang
Chinese artist
Qi Baishi
Chinese painter
Wang Wei
Chinese author and artist
Jing Hao
Chinese artist
Wu Changshuo
Chinese artist
Chen Shizeng
Chinese painter and critic
Shitao
Chinese painter
Admonitions of the Court Instructress
Gu Kaizhi
Chinese painter
Wen Zhengming
Chinese artist
Zhao Mengfu: Twin Pines, Level Distance
Zhao Mengfu
Chinese painter
Xie He
Chinese painter and critic
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
Poet and painter Edward Lear
Edward Lear
English painter and writer
La Farge, John: Flowers on a Japanese Tray on a Mahogany Table
John La Farge
American painter
Paul Signac
Paul Signac
French painter
Arthur David Waley
British translator
Pure and Remote View of Streams and Mountains, detail of hand scroll in ink and paper by Xia Gui, early 13th century (Southern Song); in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
Xia Gui
Chinese artist
Hu Shih
Hu Shih
Chinese leader and scholar
Ma Yuan: Scholar by a Waterfall
Ma Yuan
Chinese painter
Lu Yanshao
Chinese painter

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