A collection of paintings of three celebrated women painters were posted on the internet recently. The painters, once called "three beauties in Shanghai", are: Lu Xiaoman, Wu Qingxia and Zhou Lianxia.
It is an ink-washed painting on gold dusted paper, 28 cm high and 152 cm wide. No date is indicated on the postscript. The style of this painting is similar to Serried Hills over a Misty River collected from the Shanghai Museum. The painting is currently part of a collection in the Palace Museum.
It is an ink-washed painting on Xuande paper, 1′9″6 high and 1′1″1 wide, created by Dong Qichang at 58 years old in the 40th year of Emperor Wanli's reign in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1612).
It is an ink- washed painting on silk, 82.5 cm high and 32.5 cm wide, created by Dong Qichang at 55 years old in the 37th year of Emperor Wanli's reign in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1609).