Zhang Lu (painter)

Zhang Lu, Laozi Riding an Ox 畫老子騎牛. Light ink and color on paper. National Palace Museum

Zhang Lu (simplified Chinese: 张路; traditional Chinese: 張路; pinyin: Zhāng Lù; Wade–Giles: Chang Lu; ca. 1464-1538)[1][2] was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (13681644).

Zhang was born in Xiangfu (祥符; present-day Kaifeng, Henan). His courtesy name was Tianchi (天馳) and his pseudonym was Pingshan (平山). He was a student of Wu Wei.[1] Zhang followed the Zhe school of painting. He painted landscapes and human figures in a free and uninhibited style.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Cihai: Page 1085.
  2. "Zhang Lu Brief Biography". Retrieved 2010-03-27.
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