Wang Hui

Training under Wang Jian, Wang Shimin and Yang Jin is recorded. The recorded working language is Chinese. The field of work recorded is shan shui. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Huang Gongwang is recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are People's Republic of China. Works named in the authority record are Kangxi Emperor's Southern inspection tours, Hut in the Autumn Rain, Clearing Autumn Sky over a Fishing Village, The Beauty of Green Mountains and Rivers and Tree in Autumn and Crows. Work by Wang Hui is recorded in the collections of Cleveland Museum of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Shanghai Museum and The Palace Museum.

• Name — Wang Hui • Born — 1632 • Birthplace — Changshu, Jiangsu • Died — 1717 • Field — Shan shui Wang Hui (1632–1717) was a Chinese landscape painter, one of the Four Wangs. He, and the three other Wangs, dominated orthodox art in China throughout the late Ming and early Qing periods. Of the Four Wangs, Wang Hui is considered the best-known today. Beijing, Shanghai and Taipei museums loaned works for "Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717)" in 2008 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Wang Hui followed in the footprints of his great-grandfathers, grandfather, father and uncles and learned painting at a very early age. He was later taught by two contemporary masters, Zhang Ke and Wang Shimin, who taught him to work in the tradition of copying famous Chinese paintings.

• Illustration — Wang Hui, A Thousand Peaks and Myriad Ravines 1693 • Illustration — Wang Hui, (need title) • Illustration — Wang Hui, Thousand miles along the Jangtse 1700 • Illustration — Wang Hui, Mountains, Streams, and Autumn Trees • Illustration — Wang Hui, Hut in the autumn rain • Illustration — Wang Hui, Fisherman Huts and Clearing Skies in Autumn • Illustration — The Beauty of Green Mountains and Rivers 1679 • Illustration — Tree in Autumn and Crows, dated 1712