The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Chinese painter
A.K.A.
Shigang Ju, Guchuan, Geshanlaoren, 居廉, Ku-chʻüan Chü, Geshanqiaozi, Shikang, Geshan, Lien Chü, Lian Ju, Guquan Ju, Geshan-laoren, Ko-shan-lao-jen, Luofu sanren, Qiaozi
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1828(Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China)
Death:
1904
The details
Biography

Chu Lien
Lady by Ju Lian, in the collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art

Ju Lian (Chinese: 居廉; pinyin: Jū Lián; Wade–Giles: Chü Lien; 1828–1904), a native of Panyu (番禺, now Guangzhou, was a Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty.His courtesy name was 'Ancient Spring' (Gu Quan 古泉), and self-given pseudonym'Old Man of the Divided Mountain' (Ge Shan Lao Ren 隔山老人).He was the younger brother (or cousin) of the painter Ju Chao. He was known for his bird-and-flower paintings as well as people and plant-and-insect paintings. He was the teacher of the brothers Gao Jianfu and Gao Qifeng.