Jiang Tingxi Qing dynasty (1669-1732)

Jiang Tingxi was born in Changshu of Jiangsu, with name Yangsun, also name Qiujun, nickname Xigu, another nickname Nansha, the famous nickname is Qingtong Lay Buddhist. He won a successful candidate in 1703, and worked at college. Jiang liked painting the flowers when he was child, and followed Jun Shouping, and consulting all kinds of famous works at the begging, then talking with Ma Yuanchai, Gu Wenyuan. His works was full of natural, refined, vivid and special style. He was the founder in the flowers and birds painting of Jiang faction since the natural flowers painting of Jun Taoping. Sometimes, he would paint the fold-branch in ink for strewing the stones, orchid items, extremely special. Comparing between Chenchun and Xuwei, later people appraised that his works with vivid form and bright shape were almost the royal collections in the courts, seldom found in the folk, so his authentic works were few.