Zhou Wenju
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Zhou Wenju ({{zh|c=周文矩}}) (fl. 942–961), also known as Chou Wen-chu, was a Chinese painter during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960). His exact birth and death dates are not known.
Zhou was born in Jurong, and specialized in figure painting. He worked as a painter in attendance at the Painting Academy of the Southern Tang court. It is recorded that Zhou participated in executing a joint work at the banquet held by Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang on New Year's Day, 947.Guo Ruoxu, Tuhua Jianwenzhi, vol.6, about ACE1081, A follower of Zhou Fang in the Tang. Quite a few paintings are attributed to him, but none with much evidence.{{cite web|url=https://ieas.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/aparv_lecture5.pdf|title=Lecture note by Prof. James Cahill|access-date=2022-09-08}} Most works attributed to him are later copies or misattributions. Four scroll monochrome copies before 1140 are a little plausible, one of which is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Gallery
Чжоу Вэньцзюй 3.jpg|A Literary Garden (文苑图 Wenyuantu)
Zhou Wenju 重屏会棋图 Palace Museum, Illustrated Section.jpg|Chess Meeting with Double Screens (重屏会棋图 Zhongping Huiqitu), depicting Li Jing and his brothers playing weiqi
宋 佚名 倣周文矩 宮中圖 卷-In the Palace MET DP204390.jpg|In the Palace (宫中图 Gongzhongtu), 12th century copy, section one.
宋 佚名 倣周文矩 宮中圖 卷-In the Palace MET DP204391 92.jpg|In the Palace, section two.
宋 佚名 倣周文矩 宮中圖 卷-In the Palace MET DP204392 93 CRD.jpg|In the Palace, section three.
宋 佚名 倣周文矩 宮中圖 卷-In the Palace MET DP204392 93.jpg|In the Palace, section four.
宋 佚名 倣周文矩 宮中圖 卷-In the Palace MET DP204393.jpg|In the Palace, section five.
References
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External links
- [https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1976.1 In the Palace after a work attributed to Zhou Wenju] at Cleveland Museum
- [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40004?pos=5 In the Palace ] at Metropolitan Museum
- [https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/203790 In the Palace ] at Harvard Museum
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Category:Southern Tang painters
Category:10th-century Chinese painters
Category:Painters from Zhenjiang
Category:People from Jurong, Jiangsu
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