Mi Fu

Also known as Wu'ai jushi, Haiyu Waishi, Mi Fei

Mi Fu was a Chinese painter, poet, calligrapher and art theorist of the early Song dynasty. Born in Taiyuan, he was known for his landscape painting technique, later referred to as "Mi Dots", which involved the use of broad, wet ink dots applied with a flat brush. Mi Fu's poetry was influenced by Li Bai, while his calligraphy drew inspiration from Wang Xizhi.

Occupation: painter, poet, calligrapher, connoisseur
Citizenship: Song dynasty, Northern Song dynasty
Born: 1051, December 4, 1051
Died: 1107

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Mi Yourenchild Mi Youzhichild

Mountains and Waterknown for Misty Mountains and Streamknown for Mountains in Mistknown for Landscapeknown for Calligraphy on Szechwan Silkknown for Four Calligraphers of Songmember of Song dynastycountry of citizenship Northern Song dynastycountry of citizenship

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Mi Fu (, also given as Mi Fei, 1051–1107 CE) was a Chinese painter, poet and calligrapher who was born in Taiyuan during the Song dynasty. He became known for his style of painting misty landscapes. This style would be deemed the "Mi Fu" style and involved the use of large wet dots of ink applied with a flat brush. His poetry was influenced by Li Bai and his calligraphy by Wang Xizhi. Mi Fu is regarded as one of the four greatest calligraphers of the Song dynasty, alongside Su Shi, Hung Tingjian and Cai Xian. His style is derived from calligraphers in earlier dynasties, although he developed unique traits of his own. As a personality, Mi Fu was noted as an eccentric; including a mania of cleanliness. At times, he was deemed "Madman Mi" due to his obsession with collecting stones. He was also known to be a heavy drinker. His son, Mi Youren, also became a well known painter following in his father's artistic style. Biography

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Also known as Wu'ai jushi, Haiyu Waishi, Mi Fei

Mi Fu

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