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Hu Zhengyan

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 7, 2015 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:49, 20 September 2015 (UTC)



Hu Zhengyan (c.  1584 – 1674) was a Chinese artist, printmaker and publisher. He worked in calligraphy, painting, and seal-carving (his own seal pictured), but was primarily a publisher, producing academic texts and records of his work. Hu lived in Nanjing during the transition from the Ming dynasty to the Qing dynasty. A Ming loyalist, he was offered a position at the rump court of the Hongguang Emperor, but declined the post, and never held anything more than minor political office. He designed the Hongguang Emperor's personal seal, and he largely retired from society after the emperor's capture and death in 1645. He owned and operated an academic publishing house called the Ten Bamboo Studio in Nanjing, where he practised various multi-colour printing and embossing techniques. Hu's work pioneered new techniques in colour printmaking, leading to delicate gradations of colour not previously achievable. Hu is best known for his manual of painting The Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy, an artist's primer which remained in print for around 200 years.
 * Most recent similar article(s): nothing Chinese, art yes, 8 September, but a European painting
 * Main editors: Yunshui
 * Promoted: July 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: why not?
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:47, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Good for cultural diversity. RO (talk)  18:13, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: I proposed the image as catchy, but any of these delicate ones would probably be better to illustrate his work, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. I'm Chinese. I like other Chinese things. (Seriously, though, interesting article.) Epic Genius (talk) 23:06, 20 September 2015 (UTC)