Wen Shu

Wen Shu or Wen Chu (; 1595-1634) was a Chinese illustrator and painter who worked under the art name Hanshan and was known for her paintings of flora and small insects during the Ming dynasty. She is considered the finest flower painter of the period.

Her work was popular at the time, and consistently sells well at auction. Her painting ''Rising Early in the Spring to Lament Flowers'' (1631) was sold at Christie's New York on 16 September 2015 for US$413,000, four times its estimate. Provided by Wikipedia