Zhao Gan's Painting “Traveling on the River in First Snow”

Painted by Zhao Gan (赵干), Native of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. He was in the Imperial Painting academy during the reign of Emperor Li Yu (961-975) of the Southern Tang period. He specialized in painting rural and urban scenes of south China characterized by complex compositions. Above painting “Traveling on the River in First Snow” (江行初雪图) depicts fishermen trawling in snow.