Gao Cen

At the beginning the Qing dynasty was formed by a group of artists, called Eight masters of Jinling (current Nanjing).

Eight masters de Janling: Gong Xian, Fan Qi, Zou Zhe, Wu Hong, Hu Zao, Gao Cen, Ye Xin and Xie Sun, kept their fidelity mostly to Ming and expressed their feelings in their writings.

Number of his landscapes, as escaped Vision of the stony city, represent surroundings of Jinling.

He was gifted for the drawing of outlines and employed job magnificently in the dry brush for the shade.

Unlike Gong, most of his writings were accomplished in colour on silk.