Background
He was born to a peasant family in Taicang (太仓 - now Jiangsu Province) and studied painting under Zhou Chen in Suzhou.
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He was born to a peasant family in Taicang (太仓 - now Jiangsu Province) and studied painting under Zhou Chen in Suzhou.
Qiu Ying"s courtesy name was Shifu (实父), and his pseudonym was Shizhou (十洲). Though Suzhou"s Wu School encouraged painting in ink washes, Qiu Ying also painted in the green-and-blue style. He painted with the support of wealthy patrons, creating images of flowers, gardens, religious subjects, and landscapes in the fashions of the Ming dynasty.
He incorporated different techniques into his paintings, and acquired a few wealthy patrons.
His talent and versatility allowed him to become regarded as one of the Four Masters of the Ming dynasty. Three of his best patrons were art collectors.
One was Chen Guan from Suzhou. The other two were both younger than Qiu: Zhou Fenglai (1523–1555), from nearby Kunshan, and the well-known wealthy collector Xiang Yuanbian, whose home was in Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province.
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Spring Morning in the Han Palace (View F)
Pavilions in the Mountains of the Immortals
Scroll illustrating The Heart Sutra
Spring Morning in the Han Palace (View I)
Peach Blossom Spring (detail)
Saying Farewell at Xunyang (detail)
The Imperial examinations
Ni Zan's portrait
Spring Morning in the Han Palace (View D)
Fisherman Hermit
Spring Morning in the Han Palace (View G)
Spring Morning in the Han Palace (View C)
Spring morning in the Han Palace (View I, detail)
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Spring Morning in the Han Palace (View E)
Landscape
Emperor Minghuang's Journey to Sichuan (detail)
Spring Morning in the Han Palace (View B)
Spring Morning in the Han Palace (View H)
Xue Tao
Spring Morning in the Han Palace (View J)
Spring Morning in the Han Palace (View A)
Konghou Player in a Pavillion
Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty.