Chéng Zhèngkuí: life and works

Chéng Zhèngkuí (Ch’eng Cheng-k’ui, traditional: 程正揆, simplified: 程正揆); ca. 1604-1670 was a Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).

Cheng was born in Xiaogan in the Hubei province. His style state was ‘Ruibo’ and his sobriquets were ‘Jiuling and Qingxi daoren’. Cheng was taught by Dong Qichang and collaborated bearing in mind Kun Can. His landscapes were painted using the side of the dry brush, in a firm and technical style. In poetry he produced the work Qing Xi Left Script.

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