Painter Shen Zhou is the founder of Wu School.

Shen Zhou was a famous painter in the Ming Dynasty, and the characters in his paintings include Qi Nan and Hao.

Born in Cheung Chau in 492, he was one of the four top scholars.

Shen Zhou's father and uncle were famous in the village for their poetry, calligraphy and painting.

Therefore, Shen Zhou became a great master and had a great influence on his family's living environment.

Portrait of Shen Zhou Shen Zhou studied painting at home all his life and never took the imperial examination.

Because Shen Zhou hated the dirty political reality very much, he often traveled abroad in pursuit of spiritual freedom and spent most of his time painting.

In addition, Shen Zhou is very kind and friendly, has many friends, and is very prestigious.

Countless people came to ask for Shen Zhou's paintings, and Shen Zhou agreed one by one.

Even when the hawker Mushu asked for his paintings, he never refused.

Shen Zhou's literati paintings occupied a very important position during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

Some painters in Suzhou inherited the painting style of the Northern Song Dynasty, especially the Yuan Dynasty, and combined with their own daily creative habits to create a new style of painting.

Shen Zhou is one of these people.

At that time, the Zhejiang School was relatively popular internationally.

The Su School of painters, led by Shen Zhou and others, gradually emerged, forming a situation that competed with the Zhejiang School.

Soon, he surpassed the Zhejiang School of Painting and became a leading figure in the painting world.

As more and more people engaged in this style of painting, it had a huge impact on the art world over time and gradually formed a new art school called the Wu School.

The leader of the Wu sect is naturally Shen Zhou.

As the first of the four major painters of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Zhou had a great influence on the development of painting at that time and in later generations.

Shen Zhou's works are because Shen Zhou is peaceful and approachable. Regardless of whether he is high or low, as long as you ask him to paint, Shen Zhou will not refuse.

So many paintings are handed down from Shenzhou.

It spread so widely that Shen Zhou's works are everywhere.

Everyone can't tell the difference between true and false, and even experts take some time to make the distinction.

The Ming Dynasty painter Wen Zhengming also called Shen Zhou an "immortal" who was far away from the world.

Portrait of Shen Zhou Most of Shen Zhou's works are now collected by large museums.

For example, the scripts of the Palace Museum in Beijing include the scroll "Imitation of Donghuo Landscape Pictures" and the volume "Interesting Pictures of Cangzhou".

The Nanjing Museum also has works by Shen Zhou, such as "Dongzhuang Picture" and "Peony Scroll".

The Liaoning Museum also has two paintings by Shen Zhou.

One volume is "Paintings of Pots and Chrysanthemums and Deep Landscapes", and the other volume is "Paintings of Mountains on the Jiangyan River".

The National Palace Museum in Taiwan also has Shen Zhou's "Lushan" scroll in its collection.

However, these are all works written by Shen Zhou after his middle age.

Most of Shen Zhou's early paintings were small.

These major productions are all started after the age of 40.

Shen Zhou's painting style has also been changing.

In his middle age, he was more rigorous and his writing was calmer; in his later years, his painting style became more and more bold, and his momentum took the dominant position.

Shen Zhou learned his painting skills first from his father, uncle and other family members, and then from Du Qiong.

I painted more and learned a lot from many painters in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and finally gradually formed my own unique painting style.

The current market price of Shen Zhou's works is very high.

In 2010, Shenzhou's "Songchuang Gaoshi" shaft was sold for more than 100 million yuan.

However, this has not yet reached saturation.

At present, ancient calligraphy and painting are still in a state of appreciation.