Wen Zhen'ming(1470-1559)

The painter of the imperial Art Academy of the Ming Dynasty,a native of Wu country,Jiangsu province.His style name was Zhen Zhong and his sobriquets were Ting Yun Sheng,etc.First he studied prose under Wu Kuan,studied painting under Shen Zhou and studied calligrahy under Li Yingzhen.He was talented in painting landscapes,human figures and flowers.His landscapes paintings followed the style of Wang Meng and Wu Zhen,his green and blue painting followed the style of Zhao Mengfu.He was the leader of "Wu Men School literati"and was honored as the Four Great Masters in the Ming Dynasty with Shen Zhou,Tang Yin and Qiu Ying.He was also excelled in running and cursive script which following the style of Two Wang,Zhao Mengfu and Huang Tingjian,especially skillful at formal script