Zhang Sengyou

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Zhang Sengyou was a 6th century Chinese painter, who according to legend painted dragons so lifelike that they literally came to life, flying off of the paper. Zhang has been counted among the three greatest painters of all time, along with Lu Tanwei and Gu Kaizhi.

References

  • Timon Screech, Obtaining Images, University of Hawaii Press (2012), 20.