Wu Daozi (685-758) 吳道子
Wu Daozi (or Wu Tao-tzu) (simplified Chinese: 吴道子; traditional Chinese: 吳道子; pinyin: Wú Dàozǐ; Wade–Giles: Wu Tao-tzu) (680–760?), later 道玄 (Daoxuan), was a Chinese artist of the Tang Dynasty. Michael Sullivan considers him one of "the masters of the seventh century," Sadly, many of his works, mostly murals, have been lost.
Wu traveled widely and created murals in Buddhist and Daoist temples. Wu also drew mountains, rivers, flowers, birds. No authentic works are extant, though some exist in later copies or stone carvings. Wu's famous painting of Confucius was preserved by having been copied in a stone engraving.
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