Shen Quan

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shen.

Shen Quan (simplified Chinese: 沈铨; traditional Chinese: 沈銓; pinyin: Shěn Quán; Wade–Giles: Shen Ch'üan; c. 1682–1760) was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912). His courtesy name was Nanpin (南蘋) and his sobriquet was Hengzhai (衡斎). His works became influential in Japanese Edo period art.

Shen was born in Deqing in Zhejiang province. He specialized in bird-and-flower painting, and was influenced by Bian Jingzhao and Lu Ji. His works were painted in a very realistic style, and he had many students and patrons.

Shen was invited to Japan by a high official. He arrived in Nagasaki in the final month of 1731 with two students, acquiring many Japanese students after his arrival. His paintings soon became very popular, and after his 1733 return to China he continued to send paintings back to Japan. Shen had many pupils while in Japan; his most important was Kumashiro Yūhi, who in turn taught Sō Shiseki and Kakutei. Other artists influenced by Shen included Katsushika Hokusai, Maruyama Ōkyo, and Ganku.

Shen's paintings were popular for their realistic, colored images of animals and flowers, and three-dimensional trees and rocks.

Gallery

File:Shen Nanpi Pair of Hares and Plum Blossom in the Snow.jpg Pair of Hares and Plum Blossom in the Snow, 1716

File:沈南蘋 丹鳳朝陽図 雍正13(1735) Shen Nanpi Pair of Phoenixes in the Morning Glow A Hanging scroll Color on sil a dynasty.jpg Pair of Phoenixes in the Morning Glow, 1735

Pine, Plum and Cranes, 1759

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External links

• JAANUS biography
• Answers.com biography
• Fritz van Briessen, The Way of the Brush: Painting Techniques of China and Japan, Tuttle Publishing, 1999, pages 199-200. ISBN 0-8048-3194-7.