Shen zhou biography of mahatma

Chinese painter (1472–1509)

For other uses, see Shenzhou (disambiguation).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Shen (沈).

Shen Zhou (Chinese: 沈周; pinyin: Shěn Zhōu, 1427–1509), courtesy namesQinan (启南) and Shitian (石田), was a Chinese painter in the Ming dynasty.

He lived during the post-transition period of the Yuan conquest of the Ming. His family worked closely with the government and maintained its wealthy status. Shen later retired and lived a reclusive life, spending most of his time painting and taking care of his widowed mother.

Shen zhou biography of mahatma

He was a contributor to the more individualist Wu School of Chinese art. Besides painting, he was also accomplished in history and the classics.

Life

Shen Zhou was born into a wealthy family^[1] in Xiangcheng, near the thriving city of Suzhou, in the Jiangsu province, China.

His genealogy traces his family's wealth to the late Yuan period, but only as far as Shen's paternal great-grandfather, Shen