Huang Shen (1687–1772) was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.Cihai: Page 2054. Huang was born in Ninghua, Fujian province, to a poor family. His courtesy names were Gongshou () and Gongmao (). His pseudonym was Yingpiaozi ().
He began his training under the painter Shangguan Zhou (). In the earliest part of his career he excelled at cursive calligraphy and favored a meticulous style modelled after Ni Zan. He became better known as an artistic innovator who was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. When it came to paintings of people he favored images of religious, historic, and common people. His more famous works include The Drunk Monk and Shepherd Su Wu.
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References Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (). Ci hai (). Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe (), 1979.
Sources Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford (73) Oxford National Palace Museum China culture.org HK artclub