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Qian Du (c. 1763–1844), also known by his courtesy name Shumei and sobriquets Songhu, Songhu Xiaoyin, and Hegong, was a landscape painter active during the Qing dynasty. Born in Zhejiang province, he developed a style rooted in the tradition of the Yuan-dynasty master Wang Meng, favoring dense, layered compositions of mountains, rivers, and trees rendered with fine, textured brushwork. Beyond landscape, he also painted figures and flowers, though it is his mountain scenes that remain best known.
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