Zhao Gan
Artworks: 6
Master of Southern Tang river landscapes
Zhao Gan(赵干) (birth and death years unknown) was from Jiangning (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu) and was a painter during the Five Dynasties Southern Tang period. He studied at the imperial painting academy under Emperor Li Yu. Zhao Gan specialized in painting landscapes, trees, and figures, and was good at setting scenes. Many of his works depict the scenery of southern China. One of his representative works on silk with ink and color, 'First Snow on the River', shows the scene of the first snow in a fishing village along the Yangtze River. It is now housed in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.