Zhu Da (born c. 1625, Nanchang, Jiangxi province, China—died c. 1705) was a Buddhist monk who was, with Shitao, one of the most famous Individualist painters of the early Qing period.

2015年5月30日 · Zhu Da Bada Shanren (八大山人, literally “Mountain Man of the Eight Greats”, ca. 1626–1705) , born as Zhu Da (朱耷), was a Chinese painter and calligrapher. He was of noble lineage, being a descendant of the Ming dynasty Prince of Ning (寧王)—Zhu Quan (朱權).

Bada Shanren (1626-1705) was born in the Jiangxi province of China into the illustrious Ming dynasty. His birth name was Zhu Da, and as a child he displayed a prodigious talent for drawing and calligraphy which was nurtured by his father.

In 1684 he took the biehao (artistic name) Bada Shanren (Mountain Man of the Eight Greats). A staunch Ming loyalist throughout his life, Bada used painting as a means of protest. His is the poignant voice of the yimin, the leftover subjects of the fallen dynasty.

Bada Shanren, also called Zhu Da, a 17th-century painter who rejected conventions in favor of an individual, personal expression, is known for his unorthodox compositions of fish, flowers, birds, and rocks.

Zhu Da (朱耷 in Chinese, 1626-1705), one of the "Four Monks" in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty art world, was a descendant of the Ming Dynasty's royal family. His grandfather, father, and uncle were all literati skilled in painting.

Zhu Da or Bada Shanren (1626–1705) (fig. 1), a noted eccentric, ‘had the genius of an immortal who disguised himself as a calligrapher and a painter’. 1 As if madness were associated with genius, his contemporary, Chen Ding (born c. 1658) recounted in the late 1680s: Shanren [Bada Shanren] was crazy!

Bada Shanren (八大山人, literally "Mountain Man of the Eight Greats", ca.1626-1705) , born as Zhu Da (朱耷), was a Chinese painter and calligrapher. He was of noble lineage, being a descendant of the Ming dynasty Prince of Ning (寧王) - Zhu Quan (朱權).

A child prodigy, Zhu Da began painting and writing poetry in his early childhood. About the year 1658, when the Ming emperor committed suicide and a rebel army attacked Beijing, the young man sought refuge in a Buddhist temple and became a monk.

Bada Shanren (八大山人; born Zhu Da, 朱耷) was a Chinese painter of shuimohua and a calligrapher. He was of noble lineage, being a descendant of the Ming dynasty prince Zhu Quan. Art historians have named him as a leading painter of the period.