page_title: Fei Danxu
hierarchical_section_title: Fei Danxu
caption_attribution_description: English: Yao Xie and his Wives (姚燮忏绮图). Handscroll, ink and color on paper (卷纸本设色). 31 x 128.9 cm. Palace Museum, Beijing (北京故宫博物院藏). Yao Xie (1805-1864) was a poet during the late Qing Dynasty. See Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07013-6 page 294.
context_page_description: Fei Danxu was an itinerant Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.
  Fei's courtesy name was Zitiao, and his art names were Xiaolou and Huanxisheng. A later pseudonym was Ouweng. He was a native of Wucheng.
  Fei began painting when he was very young in Wucheng. He later traveled throughout Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces to practiced his art. He is most noted for his paintings of beautiful women. Among his paintings of beautiful women is "Twelve Beauties of Jinling," which features twelve of the major female characters in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber.
  He was often associated with the painter Gai Qi in what was known as the "Gai Fei" school. Fei's younger brother Dancheng, as well as his sons and grandsons, continued the tradition of painting beautiful women, as did Gai Qi's grandson.
context_section_description: Fei Danxu (simplified Chinese: 费丹旭; traditional Chinese: 費丹旭; pinyin: Fèi Dānxù; Wade–Giles: Fei Tan-hsü; 1801–1850) was an itinerant Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.
  Fei's courtesy name was Zitiao (子苕), and his art names were Xiaolou (晓楼) and Huanxisheng (环溪生). A later pseudonym was Ouweng (偶翁). He was a native of Wucheng (乌程 - now Wuxing, Zhejiang).
  Fei began painting when he was very young in Wucheng.  He later traveled throughout Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces to practiced his art. He is most noted for his paintings of beautiful women. Among his paintings of beautiful women is "Twelve Beauties of Jinling," which features twelve of the major female characters in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber.
  He was often associated with the painter Gai Qi in what was known as the "Gai Fei" school. Fei's younger brother Dancheng, as well as his sons and grandsons, continued the tradition of painting beautiful women, as did Gai Qi's grandson.
caption: Yao Xie and his Wives (姚燮忏绮图). Handscroll, ink and color on paper. 31 x 128.9 cm. Palace Museum, Beijing
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