Zhang Shanguo
CHINA, Jiangsu, Suzhou; Southern Liang dynasty
Zhang Shanguo was a painter from Wu (present day Suzhou, Jiangsu). During the Liang dynasty (502–557) he moved to Wuxing (present day Huzhou, Zhejiang). He inherited his talents for painting from his father Zhang Sengyou, who was also a famous painter during the Southern Dynasties.
Skilled in painting Buddhist and Daoist characters, Li Sizhen of the Tang dynasty (618–907) described Zhang’s paintings as great and almost as good as his father’s. His famous paintings include the Wedding of Prince Siddhartha, and the murals at numerous temples including Qixia Temple in Jiangsu. Zhang’s paintings are listed in Famous Paintings in History and Painting Annals of the Zhenguan Period.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 339.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Pokorski, Stefanie and Yichao and Mankuang and Miaohsi,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People },
pages = 339,
title = {{Zhang Shanguo}},
volume = 19,
year = {2016}}