Shen Zhou (Chinese: 沈周; pinyin: Shěn Zhōu, 1427–1509), courtesy names Qinan (启南) and Shitian (石田), was a Chinese painter in the Ming dynasty. He lived during the post-transition period of the Yuan conquest of the Ming.

Shen Zhou (born 1427, Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China—died 1509) was a Chinese artist who was a leading member of a group of scholar-artists later known as the Wu school (after Wu district).

Mar 8, 2015 · Shen Zhou (沈周, 1427–1509), courtesy name Qinan (启南), was a Chinese painter in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). He was born into an honored and wealthy family in Changzhou (長洲), which is modern Suzhou (蘇州) in the south of Jiangsu province.

Shen Zhou (Chinese: 沈周; pinyin: Shěn Zhōu, Shen Tsung, Pinyin Shen Zhou, also called Shen Shih-t'ien, 1427 - 1509) was a Chinese painter of the Ming dynasty. He and his student, Wen Cheng-Ming (1470–1559), were the two most important painters of the Wu school, a group of leading gentlemen-artists who lived in the region around Wu-Hsien.

Zhou Shen (Chinese: 周深; pinyin: Zhōu Shēn; born () 29 September 1992), also known as Charlie Zhou, is a Chinese singer. Known for his unique voice and wide vocal range, he gained prominence with his renowned song "Big Fish".

Shen Zhou, the quintessential Ming scholar-amateur painter, preferred to live in retirement rather than risk the vicissitudes of government service. He devoted much of his later life to an exploration of the brush style of the fourteenth-century recluse-painter Wu Zhen.

Mar 28, 2025 · Shen Zhou (1427-1509), a famous painter of the mid-Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), was the founding father of the Wumen School. Shen styled himself after (Qi)nan, with sobriquet Shitian and later Baishi Weng, or Yutian Weng.

Artists > Shen Zhou. Shen Zhou. Dates. 1427–1509. Places. Asia > East Asia > China > Basics Works of Art Artists Periods, Cultures, Styles Curated Guides. Basics to get you started. Works of Art. Filter. Sort. See All. Shen Zhou, A Spring Gathering. c. 1480? ...

Beginning with the familiar Ni Zan image of sparse trees, barren rocks, and an empty pavilion, Shen Zhou developed Ni's angular "folded-belt" texture strokes into a longer texture pattern that signaled the style of Huang Gongwang and an expansive change of mood.

Shen Zhou was the founder of the Wu School of Painting. Together with Wen Zhengming, Tang Yin, and Qiu Ying, he was known as the "Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty." In his early years, his landscape paintings inherited the family's artistic tradition and received guidance from Du Qiong and others.