Eight Masters of Nanjing

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The Eight Masters of Nanjing (more commonly known as Eight Masters of Jinling - 金陵八家）^[1] were a group of 17th century Chinese painters living in Nanjing who were leaders of the Nanjing school. The most prominent of them was Gong Xian. The Eight Masters of Nanjing were^[1]:

• Gong Xian (ca. 1618-1689)
• Fan Qi (1615/1616-ca. 1694)
• Ye Xin (fl. 1650-1670s)
• Zou Zhe (1636-ca. 1708)
• Gao Cen (fl. 1670s; d. 1689)
• Hu Zao (fl. 1681)
• Wu Hong (fl. 1670s-1680s)
• Xie Sun (fl. 1679)

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• Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07013-6