What are the features of the painting of the Qing Dynasty？

Three principal groups of artists were working during the Qing Dynasty.The first was that of the traditionalists，orthodox painters who sought to revitalize painting through the creative reinterpretation of past models.Outstanding among these were four artists all named Wang（Wang Shimin ；Wang Jian ；Wang Hui and Wang Yuanqi）.Wang Shimin and his friend Wang Jian（1598-1677）were the senior members of this school，but they were outshone by their brilliant pupils-Wang Hui（1632-1717）and Wang Yuanqi（1642-1715）.

The second group was that of the individualists，who practiced a deeply personalform of art.The most original work was done by men who refused to serve the new Qing Dynasty.One group of Ming loyalists lived in Anhui Province.These artists emulated Ni Zan（1306-1374）for his minimalist compositions and“dry-brush”

painting style features that became hallmarks of the so-called Anhui School .The other main group was the Nanjing Masters，which included Gong Xian（1618-1689），Fan Qi（1616-），and Ye Xin（1640一1673）.

The third group was that of the courtiers，officials and the professional artists who served at the Qing court.Two of the most outstanding artists of the early Qing period were descendants of the Ming royal house:Zhu Da（1626一1705）and Zhu Ruoji（1641-yue1718），both of whom became better known by their assumed names-Bada Shanren and Shi Tao .Yangzhou’s mercantile elite supported a diverse array of artists who worked in two distinctpictorial traditions.One group of artists，later known as the“Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou，”drew inspirations from the highly individualistic works of Shi Tao.

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