Current Exhibit: Four Great Masters of the Ming Dynasty: Tang Yin
Tang Yin (1470-1524), Ming Dynasty
Based on surviving works, the changes that appear in Tang Yin's figure paintings can be divided into three stages: early, middle, and late. The figures by Tang Yin before the age of thirty are mostly subsidiary to the landscape and similar in… 更多 style to those of Shen Zhou. Between the ages of thirty and forty-one, Tang made the acquaintance of Du Jin (fl. ca. 1465-1505) and studied under Zhou Chen (ca. 1450-1535). Much influenced by them, Tang's figures often became the main subject of painting, which excel equally at conveying both spirit and form. His "Tao Gu Presenting a Lyric," for… 更多