Dai Jin

Dai Jin
Tall Pine Trees and Five Deers (长松五鹿图) by Dai Jin, ink and color on silk.
Dai Jin, "Landscape in the Style of Yan Wengui", Early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); a Chinese landscape painting using "atmospheric perspective" to show recession in space.


Dai Jin (Traditional Chinese: 戴進; Simplified Chinese: 戴进; Pinyin: Dài Jìn; 1388-1462) is noted as the founder of the Zhe School of Ming dynasty painting.

Biography

Dai Jin began his life in Hangzhou. Although he studied painting as a boy his initial occupation was carpentry. Later he became known for landscapes and animal paintings. His school would be known as a conservative one that studied the Yuan masters. He served as an official for a time but after angering the Emperor he returned to Hangzhou in Zhejiang, Zhejiang being where the Zhe school was based.

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