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Zhao Mengfu (赵孟俯 Zhào Mèngfǔ|w=Chao Meng-fu; courtesy name Zi'ang (子昂); pseudonyms Songxue (松雪, "Pine Snow"), Oubo (鸥波, "Gull Waves"), and Shuijing-gong Dao-ren (水精宫道人, "Master of the Water Spirits Palace"); 1254–1322), was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and scholar during the Yuan Dynasty. He was a descendant of the Song Dynasty's imperial family through Emperor Xiaozong's brother Zhao Bogui who married a lady surnamed Song who was the granddaughter of Emperor Huizong. Zhao Bogui was a descendant of Emperor Taizu, through his son Zhao Defang.He was recommended by the Censor-in-chief to pay an audience with Kublai Khan in 1286 at the Yuan capital of Dadu, but was not awarded an important position in office. His work was however, greatly appreciated later by the Confucian-inspired Yuan Emperor Renzong. Zhao was a member of the "Academy of Worthies".
He was married to Guan Daosheng, who was also an accomplished poet, painter and calligrapher. His rejection of the refined, gentle brushwork of his era in favour of the cruder style of the eighth century is considered to have brought about a revolution that created the modern Chinese landscape painting. He was known for his paintings of horses. His landscapes are also considered to be done in a style that focuses more on a literal laying of ground. Rather than organizing them in a foreground, middle ground, and background pattern he layers middle grounds at various heights to create a sense of depth. This pattern of organization makes his paintings appear very simple and approachable. It was this characteristic that so many people valued about his style.
One of his most celebrated landscape paintings is exhibited at the Princeton University Art Museum with the title 「The Mind Landscape of Xie Youyu」 (幼舆丘壑 ), an allusion to the nature-loving scholar-official Xie Youyu (280–322). However, in 2019 Dutch scholar Lennert Gesterkamp argued that the colophon attached to the painting and mentioning Xie Youyu is a forgery, and that in fact Zhao Mengfu』s intention was to honor his own spiritual master, Daoist scholar Du Daojian (1237-1318), who also celebrated nature.
Zhao Mengfu had several sons with his wife Guan Daosheng. His second son, Zhao Yong, also became a famous painter and calligrapher. He was also the maternal grandfather of Wang Meng, another famous painter. Zhao Mengfu was related to the later Ming dynasty literary figure Zhao Yiguang and his son Zhao Jun.
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赵孟（1254年 - 1322年），字子昂，号松雪道人，别号鸥波、水精宫道人等。两浙西路乌程（今浙江湖州市吴兴区）人。元代官员，书画家。其妻为元朝画家、诗人管道升。元朝画家王蒙之外祖父。赵孟俯为宋室后代，后选择与元朝合作，并受到皇帝宠爱，「荣际五朝，名满四海」，官至翰林学士，是元代文人画、书法的领袖人物。Read more...: 生平 朋友 文人画 书法 诗 影响 同代人 明 祖上 纪念 参考 注释 参考
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| 赵雍 | father |
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| 续资治通鉴 | 5 |
| 御定渊鉴类函 | 2 |
| 万姓统谱 | 2 |
| 宋元学案 | 2 |
| 大清一统志 | 2 |
| 御定骈字类编 | 2 |
| 四库全书总目提要 | 60 |
| 图绘宝鉴 | 2 |
| 元史 | 6 |
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