Wang Wu (painter)

Wang Wu, Peonies, 1672, Ink and pigment on silk. The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art. Dallas

Wang Wu (Chinese: 王武; pinyin: Wáng Wǔ; Wade–Giles: Wang Wu); ca. 1632-1690 was a Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).

Wang was born in Wu country in the Jiangsu province.^[1] His style name was 'Qingzhong' and his sobriquets were 'Xuedian daoren and Wang'an'. Wang specialized in bird-and-flower painting, using a brilliant and minute style. Unlike many painters of the time, Wang was not affiliated with any school of painting.^[2]

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References

• Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07013-6