Su Wennan
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Su Wennan was a Chinese artist working in the tradition of Chinese calligraphy and painting. Chinese literati artists combined poetry, painting, and calligraphy as expressions of scholarly cultivation, valued for their personal expression and ink mastery.
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About Su Wennan
Su Wennan worked in the Chinese literati tradition, combining calligraphy and painting. This scholarly art form valued personal expression and ink mastery over realistic representation.
His painting The Immortal Li Tieguai (c. 1500) is held by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting depicts Li Tieguai, one of the Eight Immortals of Chinese mythology, a popular subject in Chinese literati painting.
The painting is dated to around 1500, part of the broader Chinese literati painting tradition of that era.
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