北宋時代のはじめに活躍した山水画家です。生没年ははっきりしません。本名は中正といい、心が広くおおらかな性格だったので「寛」とよばれたと伝えられます。山の中に住んで自然を観察し、そびえ立つ岩山を力強く描きました。代表作《谿山行旅図》は、台北の国立故宮博物院が誇る名品です。
Fan Kuan was a landscape painter of the early Northern Song dynasty. His exact dates are unknown. His real name was Zhongzheng. It is said he was called 'Kuan,' meaning 'generous,' because of his easygoing nature. He lived in the mountains to study nature and painted towering cliffs with great power. His masterpiece, Travelers among Mountains and Streams, is a treasure of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
