Wang Fu (painter)
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Wang Fu, Ink Bamboo, Palace Museum, 1401
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Wang Fu (simplified Chinese: 王绂; traditional Chinese: 王紱; pinyin: Wáng Fú; Wade–Giles: Wang Fu); ca. 1362-1416 was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).
Wang was born in Wuxi in the Jiangsu province.[1] His style name was 'Mengduan' (孟端) and his pseudonyms were 'Youshi (友石), Jiulong shanren (九龙山人), and Aosou' (鳌叟).[2] Wang's painting followed the style of Wang Meng and Ni Zan. Wang also painted ink bamboo works in a free and uninhibited style.
Notes[]
- ^ "Wang Fu Brief Biography". Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ Cihai: Page 1194.
References[]
- Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会). Ci hai (辞海). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海辞书出版社), 1979.
- Jonathan Chaves “Painter-Poet Wang Fu (1362-1416),” (essay with translations), Oriental Art, Vol. XLV, No. 4, 1999/2000.
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- 1362 births
- 1416 deaths
- Ming dynasty landscape painters
- Ming dynasty calligraphers
- Ming dynasty poets
- Writers from Wuxi
- Poets from Jiangsu
- 14th-century Chinese calligraphers
- 15th-century Chinese calligraphers
- Painters from Wuxi
- Chinese painter stubs