Short Biography

Gao Fenghan

Also known as: Nanfu Shanren, Kao Feng-han, hao Nanfu Shanren, Feng-han Kao, Fenghan Gao, Shizhinong, Nanfu, Shang zuosheng, Xiyuan, Dingsi canren, Nancun, Songnen daoren, Guiyun laoren, Shiwan laozi

Place of birth:

Jiao Zhou Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

1683-01-01 • Birth Sign: Capricorn

Citizenship:

Qing dynasty

Death date:

1749-01-01 (66 years old)

Short Bio:

thumb|150px|Gao Fenghan Portrait Gāo Fènghàn (高鳳翰, 1683–1749) was born in Shandong to a minor bureaucrat. He was a painter, poet, and seal-carver, and he later became associated with the Yangzhou school of painters. These painters were known as eccentrics for their unorthodox style and preference for individualism. Gāo Fènghàn is not usually considered one of the eight Yangzhou eccentrics, but is associational. Like his father, he served a minor post in the bureaucracy, but this did not occur until 1739.

In 1736, this job led to his imprisonment. The following year, injuries during his time in prison combined with arthritis disabled his right hand. After that he painted with his left. These paintings have since gained some renown among Chinese art collectors.

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Arts and culture poet painter Jiao Zhou Qing dynasty