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The 18 pages that link to Brushwork, each with the reason it gives.

• Eugène DelacroixRelated: His loose, varied strokes preserve a sense of movement rather than smoothing it away.

• Pierre-Auguste RenoirRelated: Loose, varied strokes give his early scenes their flickering sense of light and motion.

• Wang XizhiRelated: His distinctive line quality made brush movement central to judgments of his style.

• Sesshū TōyōRelated: His forceful strokes give rocks and trees their structure and movement.

• John Singer SargentRelated: Broad strokes make textures and forms feel spontaneous while preserving a carefully planned likeness.

• Shen ZhouRelated: Shen Zhou's distinctive strokes made inherited models feel individual rather than merely copied.

• Thomas GainsboroughRelated: His loose, flowing strokes give faces, fabrics, and foliage a shared sense of movement.

• SunflowersRelated: Directional strokes distinguish petals, leaves, vase, and background.

• Chu SuiliangRelated: Chu’s forceful yet controlled strokes help explain the character of his style.

• Li TangRelated: Li Tang’s forceful strokes helped make rocky forms appear sharply defined.

• Ouyang XunRelated: His sharply controlled strokes are central to the force of his regular script.

• The Blue BoyRelated: Gainsborough’s loose handling gives the costume and surrounding foliage lively texture.

• Yan ZhenqingRelated: Yan’s thick, weight-bearing strokes make brush control central to his style.

• Kalighat paintingRelated: Broad, controlled strokes render folds, hair, and limbs with economical detail.

• ShitaoRelated: Shitao uses varied marks to make landscapes feel active rather than mechanically copied.

• Official scriptRelated: Changing pressure and direction produces clerical script’s contrasting stroke endings.