Lu Zhi (painter)



Lù Zhì, formerly romanized as Lu Chih (ca. 1496–1576), was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Lu was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. His style name was 'Shuqing' and his sobriquet was 'Bao Shanzi'. Lu's painting followed the style of Wen Zhengming. Lu specialized in both vertical and horizontal landscapes and bird-and-flower paintings.