Wang Shimin

His grandfather was a prime minister in the late Ming dynasty, and his father was a Hanlin Academy editor for the court, who had studied with Tung Ch'i-ch'ang. After learning painting and calligraphy at a young age, Wang worked as a government official. However he fell ill due to exhaustion on a trip to Nanking in 1630. Wang returned to his homeland and immersed himself in art, creating numerous works. Wang's works place him in an elevated group known as the Four Wangs, also part of the Six Masters of the early Qing period. Wang painted After Wang Wei's "Snow Over Rivers and Mountains", which can be viewed at the National Palace Museum, Taipei. Wang was the grandfather and tutor of Wang Yuanqi (1642–1715), who was also a notable landscape painter and a member of the Six Masters of the early Qing period.

Training under Dong Qichang is recorded. Wang Hui is recorded as having studied under Wang Shimin. The field of work recorded is landscape painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape, Six Masters of the early Qing period and Four Wangs. Places of work recorded in the authority are People's Republic of China. Work by Wang Shimin is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, National Museum of World Cultures, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery and Art Institute of Chicago.

• Name — Wang Shimin • Born — 1592 • Birthplace — Taicang, Jiangsu, Ming dynasty • Field — Landscape painting • Illustration — Wang Shimin, Snow Over Rivers and Mountains, 1668 Wáng Shímǐn (c. 1592–1680) was a Chinese landscape painter during the late Ming dynasty and early Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Born in the Jiangsu province, Wang grew up in an artistic, scholarly environment. His grandfather was a prime minister in the late Ming dynasty, and his father was a Hanlin Academy editor for the court, who had studied with Tung Ch'i-ch'ang. After learning painting and calligraphy at a young age, Wang worked as a government official. However he fell ill due to exhaustion on a trip to Nanking in 1630. Wang returned to his homeland and immersed himself in art, creating numerous works. Wang's works place him in an elevated group known as the Four Wangs, also part of the Six Masters of the early Qing period. Wang painted After Wang Wei's "Snow Over Rivers and Mountains", which can be viewed at the National Palace Museum, Taipei. Wang was the grandfather and tutor of Wang Yuanqi (1642–1715), who was also a notable landscape painter and a member of the Six Masters of the early Qing period.