Ancient Chinese Flower Paintings by Yun Shou Ping 惲壽平

Yun Shou Ping [恽, yùn, 寿平 (1633——1690) ] was famous for his paintings of flowers and animals. His painting style is very elegant. Even if some paintings of flowers used very strong colours, the whole style still has a very sophisticated and elegant touch. He is called one of the 6 masters of the Qing period, along with Wang Hui 王翚. INKSTON has organized a set of Yun’s very fine paintings in this post.

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