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Wang Shen (1048-after 1104)
Misty river and mountains
Collection of the Shanghai Museum
Donated by Xie Zhiliu
Wang Shen (1048-after 1104), a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, is also known by his zi (designated name) Jinqing. Devoted to collection, poetry, calligraphy and painting, he is noted for his inimitable calligraphy style. There are many versions of his Misty river and mountains extant and this is one of them.

Mi Youren (1074-1153)
Marvelous spectacle of Xiaoxiang
Collection of the Palace Museum
As the eldest son of Mi Fu, Mi Youren (1074-1153) was also called "Junior Mi". Having inherited his father's talent in painting, he highlighted the aesthetic taste of plainness and naivete known as the "Mi's landscape".

Zhao Ji (1082-1135)
Zhao Ji (1082-1135), a native of Zhuo County, Hebei Province, was the Emperor Huizong of the Song dynasty who remained in power for 25 years. he did his bird-and-flower and landscape paintings in a free style, depicting lively the interests of nature.

Yang Wujiu (1097-1169)
Four plum blossoms
Collection of the Palace Museum
Yang Wujiu (1097-1169), a native of Qingjiang (present-day Jiangxi province), was adept at calligraphy and painting. He was especially distinguished for painting plum blossoms. This scroll was finished in 1165, the first year of the Qiandao reign.

Zhao Bosu(1124-1182)
Imperial palace in the pine tree forest
Collection of the Palace Museum
Zhao Bosu(1124-1182), a native of Kaifeng, Henan province, is also known by his zi (designated name) Xiyuan. As the younger brother of Zhao boju and a relative of the Song imperial family, he was proficient in landscape and figure paintings, especially in bird-and-flower painting.

Madame Yanyan (Southern Song ?-?)
Plants with flowers, birds and insects
Collection of the Shanghai Museum
Madame Yanyan was the concubine of Ren Yi, a famous person active during the late Northern Song and early Southern Song dynasty. She was adept at flower and landscape paintings.

Zhang Gui (active in 1156-1161)
Holy turtle
Collection of the Palace Museum
Active during the Zhenglong reign of the Jin dynasty, Zhang Gui was proficient in figure painting.

Xia Gui (active in the 11th-12th centuries)
Thatched cottage with Chinese parasol, bamboo and river around
Collection of the Palace Museum
Xia, a native of Qiantang (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang province), is also known by his zi (designated name) Yuyu. He served as a Daizhou (Painer-in-Attendance) during Ningzong reign of the Southern Song dynasty. In favor of the description of a near shot or partial scenery, a special composition known as "half-side Xia", he initiated the academy painting style of the Southern Song dynasty together with Ma Yuan.

Anonymous (Southern Song 1127-1279)
Illustration of Ode to Luoshen
Collection of the Palace Museum
There is no painter's signature or seal mark on the painting, but it is ascribed to the Southern Song dynasty in view of its aesthetic style. It was labeled as A Complete Illustration of Ode to Luoshen by Tang Painter in the catalogue Initial Edition of Shiqu's Treasures.

Anonymous (Southern Song 1127-1279)
The West Lake
Collection of the Shanghai Museum
The scroll describes the beautiful scenery of the West Lake with succinct brushworks and ink shading which set off a kind misty feature of the lake. The signature "Li Song" is a fake.

Anonymous (Southern Song 1127-1279)
Evening scenery
Collection of the Shanghai Museum
It features with the "one corner" or "one side" composition of the Southern Song landscape painting as well as the brushstrokes in Fan Kuan's style of the Northern Song dynasty.

Anonymous (Southern Song 1127-1279)
Gathering of the Bailian She
Collection of the Shanghai Museum
There is no painter's signature or seal mark on the painting. It describes the story of monk Huiyuan allied with the Bailian She (White-lotus Society) at Donglin Temple in Huxi of Mount Lu during the Eastern Jin dynasty. Principal figures in the painting include Tao Qian, Zong Bing, Lu Xiujing, Zhou Xuzhi and Zhang Ye.

Anonymous (Southern Song 1127-1279)
Fair maiden riding on a phoenix
Collection of the Palace Museum

Anonymous (Southern Song 1127-1279)
Story description with many figures
Collection of the Shanghai Museum

Li Song (1166-1243)
A basket of flowers
Collection of the Palace Museum
Li Song (1166-1243), a native of Qiantang, was a prominent painter of the Southern Song dynasty. He served as a Daizhao (Painter-in-Attendance) successively in Gaozong, Ningzong and Lizong reigns by virture of his mastery of figure, Buddhist figure and architecture paintings.

Ma Yuan (active in late 12th-early 13th centuries)
Portraits of Hanshanzi
Collection of the Palace Museum
Ma Yuan, a native of Hezhong, is also known by his zi (designated name) Yaofu and his hao (literary name) Qinshan. He grew up at Qiantang and served as a Daizhou (Painter-in-Attendance) during the Guangzong and Ningzong reigns of the Southern Song dynasty with his talent in landscape, figure and flower-and-bird paintings. His special composition of the painting is known as "one-corner Ma".

Ma Yuan
Singing while walking on the field path
Collection of the Palace Museum

Zhao Kui (1185-1266)
Illustration of Du Fu's poem
Collection of the Shanghai Museum

Zhao Mengjian (1199-1264)
Orchids
Collection of the Palace Museum

Ma Hezhi (active in the 12th century)
Illustration of Ode to the Red Cliff
Collection of the Palace Museum
Ma, a native of Qiantang (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang province), was adept at figure and landscape paintings with vital brushstrokes and elegant style. Both Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Xiaozong were very much fond of his works.

Liu Songnian (active in the late half of 12th century)
Four landscapes
Collection of the Palace Museum
Liu Songnian (active in the late half of 12th century), a native of Qiantang, lived in Qingbomen. He served as a Daizhao (Painter-in-Attendance) during the Shaoxi regin of the Southern Song dynasty. Proficient in figure, landscape and architecture paintings, he has been regarded as one of the "Four Master Painters of the Southern Song dynasty".

Liang Kai (active in the early half of the 13th century)
Riding on the snow-covered road
Collection of the Palace Museum
Liang Kai, a native of Dongping, is also known by his nickname "Crazy Liang" for his addiction to alcohol. Adept at landscape and figure paintings, he served as a Daizhou (Painter-in-Attendance) during the Jiatai reign of the Southern Song dynasty, and was well-renowned for his accomplishment in the abbreviated brushwork.

Chen Juzhong (active in the early half of 13th century)
Four goats
Collection of the Palace Museum
Chen Juzhong, a Daizhao (Painter-in-Attendance) during the Jiatai reign of the Southern Song dynasty, was proficient in painting figures and exotic horses with vivid background, brilliant colors and meticulous brushwork.

Li Dong (active in the 13th century)
Selling fish at the snowy riverside
Collection of the Palace Museum
Li Dong (active in the 13th century), was a painter of the Southern Song dynasty. He was adept at genre painting and used to sell his works in the capital during the Lizong reign of the Southern Song dynasty.

Chen Qingbo (active in the 13th century)
Spring dawn at the lake and mountains
Collection of the Palace Museum
Chen Qingbo, a native of Qiantang (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang province), served as a a Daizhou (Painter-in-Attendance) during the Baoyou reign of the Southern Song dynasty. He was adept at landscape painting, especially at the scenery of the West Lake, and finished this painting in 1235.

Chen Rong (active in the 13th century)
Dragons
Collection of the Palace Museum
Chen Rong (active in the 13th century), a native of Changle, Fujian province, is also known by his zi (desgnated name) Gongchu and his hao (literary name) Suoweng. Adept at poetry, essay and ink painting of Dragon, he enjoyed a great fame in his time.

He Quan (Southern Song ?-?)
Chatting with a friend in the thatched cottage
Collection of the Palace Museum
He Quan, a painter of the Southern Song dynasty, made a very neat composition for the architecture and a delicate and detailed description for the figures in this painting, which looks full of lives.