Mi Fu (1051 to 1107) was a Chinese painter, poet, calligrapher and art theorist of the early Song dynasty, born in Taiyuan. He was known for a landscape painting technique later called Mi Dots, using broad wet ink dots applied with a flat brush, and his calligraphy drew inspiration from Wang Xizhi; he is commonly identified by art historians as one of the four major calligraphers of the Song dynasty, alongside Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Cai Xiang, and his style was later adopted and interpreted by his son, Mi Youren.
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a Chinese painter, poet, calligrapher and art theorist of the early Song dynasty
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1107
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Born in Taiyuan
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He was known for a landscape painting technique later called Mi Dots, using broad wet ink dots applied with a flat brush, and his calligraphy drew inspiration from Wang Xizhi; he is commonly identified by art historians as one of the four major calligraphers of the Song dynasty, alongside Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Cai Xiang, and his style was later adopted and interpreted by his son, Mi Youren.
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