Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou

Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou (simplified Chinese: 扬州八怪; traditional Chinese: 揚州八怪; pinyin: Yángzhōu Bā Guài) refers to a group of eight Qing dynasty Chinese painters active in the eighteenth century who were known for rejecting the orthodox ideas about painting in favor of a style deemed expressive and individualist. The term was also used because they each had strong personalities at variance with the conventions of their own time.

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