Zhang Hong

CHINA, Jiangsu, Suzhou; Ming to Qing dynasty

Also known as Jundu or Hejian, Zhang Hong was a painter from Wuxian (present day Suzhou, Jiangsu). He specialized in landscape painting and adopted the style of the famed artist Zhou Chen. Zhang emphasized drawing from nature and also embraced aspects of works by Dong Yuan, Ju Ran, and Mi Fu. His landscape paintings, favored by scholars, were illustrated with vigorous strokes and washes of ink to create a new, perceptive image.
Zhang’s works collected by museums around the world include Qixia Mountain and Repairing the Robe at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan; Orchid Pavilion at the Capital Museum in Beijing; and Sunny Sacred Mountain After a Snow at the Rietberg Museum in Zurich, Switerland.