Ink and color on paper. Huang Shen was a Chinese painter during the Qing dynasty. He was born in Ninghua, Fujian province. He began his training under the painter Shangguan Zhou. In the earliest part of his career, he excelled at cursive calligraphy and favored a meticulous style modelled after Ni Zan. He became better known as an artistic innovator who was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. When it came to paintings of people, he favored images of religious, historic, and common people. PROVENANCE: Purchased from Skinner's auction in 2009. 64 x 37 cm