Zhang Zeduan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Zeduan (simplified Chinese: 张择端; traditional Chinese: 張擇端; pinyin: Zhāng Zéduān; Wade–Giles: Chang Tse-tuan; 1085–1145), courtesy name Zhengdao (Chinese: 正道), was a Chinese painter of the Song dynasty. He lived during the transitional period from the Northern Song to the Southern Song, and was instrumental in the early history of the Chinese landscape art style known as shan shui. He is known for painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival.

Detail of the original Along the River During the Qingming Festival by Zhang Zeduan, early 12th century

Details of the painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival, the 18th century remake.

Games in the Jinming Pool

See also

• Chinese art
• Chinese painting
• Shan shui
• Lin Tinggui
• Zhou Jichang
• Culture of the Song Dynasty

References

• Needham, Joseph (1971). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 3, Civil Engineering and Nautics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

External links

Media related to Zhang Zeduan at Wikimedia Commons

• Zhang Zeduan and his Painting Gallery at China Online Museum
• Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632–1717), an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Zhang Zeduan (see index)