Wu Daozi, Xu Beihong, Ren Bonian, etc.
1. Wu Daozi (about 680-759), also known as Daoxuan, was a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty and was honored as the Painting Saint in the history of painting. Han nationality, from Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Henan). He was born around AD 680 (the first year of Yonglong) and died around AD 758 (the first year of Qianyuan). He was lonely and poor, and he became famous for his paintings when he was young. He once served as county lieutenant in Xiaqiu, Yanzhou (now Ziyang, Shandong), but resigned soon after. Later he lived in Luoyang and engaged in mural creation. During the Kaiyuan period, he was called to the court for his good paintings and served successively as enshrined minister, doctor of internal medicine, and friend of Prince Ning. He once studied calligraphy with Zhang Xu and He Zhizhang, and learned how to use pens by watching Lady Gongsun dance her sword. He is good at Buddhism, Taoism, gods and ghosts, figures, landscapes, birds and beasts, vegetation, pavilions, etc. He is especially good at Buddhism, Taoism, figures, and mural creation.
2. Xu Beihong (July 19, 1895 - September 26, 1953), formerly known as Xu Shoukang, Han nationality, native of Qiting Town, Yixing, Jiangsu Province, a modern Chinese painter and art educator, his main paintings There are "Tian Heng's Five Hundred Scholars", "Nine Fang Gao", "Spring Rain on the Li River", "Morning Song", "Portrait of Tagore", "Galloping Horse", etc.
3. Ren Yi (1840-1895), also known as Ren Bonian, was first named Run, with the courtesy name Ceyuan, and his nickname Xiaolou. Later he changed his name to Yi, with the courtesy name Bonian, and his nickname Shanyin Shangxingzhe. , Shou Taoist priests, etc., who were born in Hangwu Mountain, Shanyin, Zhejiang (now Guali Town, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City), and a famous painter in the late Qing Dynasty.