Zhang Kun (1761-1829), Painter of the Qing Dynasty. Zi Baojie (字宝厓), also known as Xi'an (夕庵), Xidao (夕道人), also known as Qiao Shan (樵山居士), Guanbai (觀白居士), etc., was a native of Dantu (present-day Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province). His father Zikun was a cloth merchant, who was also good at poetry and painting, and had close contacts with celebrities such as Pan Gongshou and Wang Wenzhi, and the family was full of cultural atmosphere. Before the age of 30, Zhang Kun interacted with Deng Shiru, Pan Benshan, Huang Shiping, etc.
His father Zikun was a cloth merchant, who was also good at poetry and painting, and had close contacts with celebrities such as Pan Gongshou and Wang Wenzhi, and the family was full of cultural atmosphere. Before the age of 30, Zhang Kun interacted with Deng Shiru, Pan Benshan, Huang Shiping, etc., using his family collection of ancient calligraphy and paintings to learn copying, and consulting with previous artists; And visit Hangzhou, Jinling and other places of interest, painting art poetry debuted. In the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong (1791), his father died, his family fell in the middle of the road, life became increasingly difficult, from amateur painting to selling paintings for a living, he was snubbed by nobles and officials, his thoughts were touched, and he often ridiculed the rich and wealthy in his poems. In his later years, he was poor and sick. Good at painting flowers, bamboo stones and landscapes, landscape painting can get rid of the four kings, another remote path, especially good at painting pine, known as "Zhang Song". The painting style is more delicate and the colors are elegant. There are many scholars, and it is known as the Jingjiang school (also known as the Dantu school). There are "Mountains and Seas Changchun Map" and other legends.
Good at painting flowers, bamboo stones and landscapes, landscape painting can get rid of the four kings, another remote path, especially good at painting pine, there is a reputation of "Zhang Song". The painting style is more delicate and the colors are elegant. There are many scholars, and it is known as the Jingjiang school (also known as the Dantu school). There are works such as "Spring Map of Mountains and Seas", "Map of Spring Flowing Out of gorges", "Map of Dongshan Caotang", "Map of Nancun", "Map of the First Harvest of Mist" and other works, and he has authored "Poetry Collection of Escape Zen Pavilion".