汤漱玉撰的《玉台画史》将女画家分为四大类:宫掖、名媛、姬侍、名妓。实际上宫掖画家流存的作品罕如凤毛麟角,缺少时代的连续性,而作为文化现象早已不存在,真正代表女子美术的是闺阁和名妓画家。闺阁画家包括名媛和姬侍,是指享有优越的生活环境,且自身含有笔墨书画修养的女画家。其中来自于文化世家的女子,与那些从“善画者”的家庭教师习画的官宦、商贾家庭中的女子相比,又有着更为优越的文化环境:她们有能书善画的亲属随时与之探讨画理、切磋画艺;有家中所藏丰富的书画作品供其参考,故相对而言她们的艺术水平较高。名妓画家是指那些有画艺修养 Tang Shuyu’s “Jade Painting History” will be divided into four categories of female painters: Gongye, ladies, Ji paternity, courtesan. In fact, the works kept by Gongye painters are rare and scarce. They lack the continuity of the times and have long ceased to exist as cultural phenomena. The real representatives of women’s art are boudoir and courtesan painter. Boudoir painters, including ladies and Ji paternity, refer to female painters who enjoy an excellent living environment and have self-contained ink, calligraphy and painting. Among them, the women from the cultural family have a more superior cultural environment than the officials who draw from the “good painter” tutors and the women in the commercial and commercial families: they have relatives who are good at painting anytime Explore the art of painting and discuss painting art. There are rich paintings and calligraphic works hidden in your home for reference. Therefore, their art level is relatively high. A prostitute painter refers to those who have art education