Wang Guxiang
Illustration — Wang Guxiang Wang Guxiang (Wang Ku-hsiang, traditional: 王谷祥, simplified: 王谷祥); ca. 1501–1568 was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Wang was born in Changzhou in the Jiangsu province.
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Wang Guxiang
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- Ming dynasty
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- painter · politician · calligrapher · scholar
- Fields
- landscape
- Languages
- Classical Chinese · Old Mandarin
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Illustration — Wang Guxiang Wang Guxiang (Wang Ku-hsiang, traditional: 王谷祥, simplified: 王谷祥); ca. 1501–1568 was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Wang was born in Changzhou in the Jiangsu province.
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His style name was 'Luzhi' and his sobriquet was 'Youshi'. Wang specialized in landscapes and bird-and-flower paintings.
The recorded working language is Classical Chinese and Old Mandarin. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Work by Wang Guxiang is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art and The Palace Museum.
The authorities additionally record the headings Luzhi and Youshi. His recorded languages were Classical Chinese and Old Mandarin. He was the child of Wang Guan and Qian Shi. He married Hu Shi.
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1501
Wang Guxiang born at Suzhou.
1568
Wang Guxiang died.
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- Dictionnaire Bénézit. Dictionnaire des peintres,sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. éditions Gründ. 8. 13440. 1999. 2700030184.
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