Wang Fu
Illustration — Ink Bamboo, Palace Museum, 1401 Wang (王) Wang Fu (ca. 1362–1416), courtesy name Mengduan (孟端), art names Youshisheng (友石生) and Jiulong Shanren (九龍山人), was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming dynasty. Wang was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu.
Also recorded as Qiulong shanren · Ch'ing-ch'eng · Chiu-lung Shan-jan · Shan-jen
Wang Fu
Chen Shuqi / Wang Fu · https: minghuaji.dpm.org.cn/paint/detail?id=a28afa61ec4e442588012e2819583ac0 · Public domain
- Born
- 1362. · Wuxi.
- Died
- 1416. · Beijing.
- Nationality
- Ming dynasty.
- Occupation
- painter, writer, poet, calligrapher and scholar.
- Fields
- landscape.
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Identity
Wang's painting followed the style of Wang Meng and Ni Zan. Wang also painted ink bamboo works in a free and uninhibited style.
Wang Fu is recorded with the occupation calligrapher. Classed in the genre landscape painting. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation scholar. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet. Recorded as painter, writer, poet, calligrapher and scholar. Identity and origins. He also worked under the name 王芾. The authorities additionally record the headings Qiulong shanren, Ch'ing-ch'eng, Chiu-lung Shan-jan, Shan-jen and Mengduan.
A Scholar's Retreat amid Autumn Trees, c. 1403, by Wang Fu
Wang Fu · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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Life and career
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1362
Wang Fu was born on 1 January 1362.
1416
Wang Fu died on 1 January 1416.
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Wuxi.
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Beijing.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1141691051, Wang, Fu.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500327901, Wang Fu.
General reference · The Getty Research Institute
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2311429: Wang Fu
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Dictionnaire des peintres,sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. éditions Gründ. 14. 1999. 2-7000-3024-9.
- Peinture chinoise et tradition lettrée. Éditions du Seuil. 1983. 2-02-006440-5.
- Trois mille ans de peinture chinoise. Éditions Philippe Picquier. 1997. 2-87730-341-1.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q2311429: Wang FuWikimedia Foundation
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1141691051, Wang, Fu.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Secondary witnessauthority file
Getty Union List of Artist Names 500327901, Wang Fu.The Getty Research Institute
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