Zhang Lu
Chinese painter

Zhang Lu

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Chinese painter
A.K.A.
Tianchi, Chang Lu, Pingshan, hao Pingshan, zi Tianchi
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Male
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Birth:
1464(Kaifeng, People's Republic of China)
Death:
1538
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Zhang Lu, Laozi Riding an Ox 畫老子騎牛. Light ink and color on paper. National Palace Museum

Zhang Lu (simplified Chinese: 张路; traditional Chinese: 張路; pinyin: Zhāng Lù; Wade–Giles: Chang Lu; ca. 1464-1538) was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).

Zhang was born in Xiangfu (祥符; present-day Kaifeng, Henan). His courtesy name was Tianchi (天馳) and his pseudonym was Pingshan (平山). She was a student of Wu Wei. Zhang followed the Zhe school of painting. He painted landscapes and human figures in a free and uninhibited style.