Artist

Huang Quan

Song dynasty, 903–965

Huang Quan was a Song dynasty Song dynasty painting artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at National Palace Museum. Huang Quan was born in Chengdu.

Huang Quan (903–965), courtesy name Yaoshu, was a Chinese painter during the Five Dynasties period and the Song dynasty who worked in the imperial painting academies of the Former Shu, Later Shu and Song dynasties. Along with Xu Xi, Huang is considered a founding master of the bird-and-flower painting. Huang Quan was highly prolific: the 1120 catalog Xuanhe Huapu alone critiques 349 of his works. However, few are extant.

Works by Huang Quan

Collections represented

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