Wu Daozi 吴道子

吴道子（约680—759年）唐代画家。画史尊称吴生。又名道玄。汉族，阳翟（今河南禹州）人。曾随张旭、贺知章学习书法，通过观赏公孙大娘舞剑，体会用笔之道。擅佛道、神鬼、人物、山水、鸟兽、草木、楼阁等，尤精于佛道、人物，长于壁画创作。
Wu Daozi (around 680-759), Han nationality, native of Yangdi (now Yuzhou, Henan province), was a painter in the Tang Dynasty and was known as Wu Sheng in the historical studies of painting. Daoxuan was his second informal name. Learning calligraphy from Zhang Xu and He Zhizhang and grasping the essence of using a writing brush by watching Ms. Gongsun's sword dancing, Wu Daozi was skilled at depicting Buddha, gods, ghosts, people, flora and fauna ,and pavilions, and was specialized in the areas of Buddha, portraits and wall paintings.
主要成就：中国唐代第一大画家，尊称画圣
Major achievement: the greatest painter of the Tang Dynasty of China, revered as “the painting saint”
代表作品：《明皇教授箓图》、《十指钟馗图》、《金桥图》、《朱云析槛图》
Representative works: Minghuang Jiaoshou Lu Tu (Emperor Ming Teaching Prophecy), Shizhi Zhong Kui Tu (Zhong Kui), Jinqiao Tu (Golden Bridge), and Zhu Yun Xilan Tu (Zhu Yun Breaking the Threshold)