Chu-jan: (tenth
century) was a native of Chiang-ning (Nanking), and a Buddhist
monk at K'ai-yuan temple in the kingdom of Southern T'ang. After the kingdom had
fallen, he surrendered to the Sung dynasty accompanying Emperor Li Yu. He studied
painting under Tung Yuan, and created a unique style of landscape painting in which
he freely used the p'i-ma-ts'un ("hemp fiber") texture strokes transmitted from
his
master. This unequaled and most energetic work is the precursor of the Northern
Sung painters Fan K'uan and Kuo Hsi, and it also gave considerable influence to the
Four Great Masters of the late Yuan dynasty.
Related Reproduction Painting: Layered Mountains and Dense Woods