The famous Chinese painter who painted "Orchid and Bamboo" is: Zheng Banqiao in the Qing Dynasty.
Zheng Banqiao (1693-1765) was a famous painter, calligrapher and writer in the Qing Dynasty. His courtesy name is Kerou, his original name is Zheng Xie, his courtesy name is Kerou, his name is Li'an, and he is also known as Banqiao. He is also known as Mr. Banqiao. He is a native of Xinghua, Jiangsu, and his ancestral home is Suzhou. He was selected as a Kangxi scholar by imperial examination, was elected in the tenth year of Yongzheng's reign, and became a Jinshi in the first year of Qianlong's reign (1736). He was the magistrate of Fanxian County in Henan Province and Weixian County in Shandong Province. There was a political saying: "I asked for relief for the people because of the hunger in the year, and disobeyed the officials, so I begged to return home due to illness."
Before and after becoming an official, he lived in Yangzhou, where he specialized in calligraphy and painting. make a living. He is good at poetry and lyrics, good at calligraphy and painting. Poems disdain idioms. He is good at painting flowers, wood and rocks, especially orchids and bamboos. He is one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". His poems, calligraphy and paintings are known as the "Three Wonders" in the world. Among them, there are three truths: true energy, true meaning and true interest. Good at painting orchid and bamboo. Zheng Xie painted the most bamboos in his life, followed by orchids and stones, but he also painted pine and chrysanthemums. He was a relatively representative literati painter in the Qing Dynasty.