Lan Ying
1585 births | 1664 deaths | chinese artists | landscape artists
Lán Yīng (Lan Ying, traditional: 藍瑛, simplified: 蓝瑛); ca. 1585-1664 was a Chinese painter of landscapes, human figures, flowers and birds during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).
Lan was born in Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province . His style name was 'Tianshu diesou' and his sobriquets were 'Shi Toutou and Dongguo laoren'. Lan's painting followed the style of Huang Gongwang and Wu Zhen. Lan was trained at the Painting Academy of the South Song Dynasty. Lan's son Lan Yu and grandson Lan Shen also grew up to be painters.
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