Wang Yuan
Illustration — Wang Yuan, Pheasant and Small Bird with Peach and Bamboo 山桃锦鸡图. Hanging scroll, ink on paper. 111.9 × 55.7 cm.
Also recorded as Ruoshui · Danxuan
Wang Yuan
Wang Yuan · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry · CC0
- Nationality
- Yuan dynasty
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- landscape
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Illustration — Wang Yuan, Pheasant and Small Bird with Peach and Bamboo 山桃锦鸡图. Hanging scroll, ink on paper. 111.9 × 55.7 cm.
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Palace Museum Wang Yuan; was a Chinese landscape painter during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368). His specific dates of birth and death are not known. Wang was born in Qian Tang (钱塘, modern day Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province). His style name was 'Ruoshui' (若水) and his pseudonym was 'Danxuan' (澹轩). Wang imitated Guo Xi for landscapes, Huang Quan for bird-and-flower paintings, and Tang Ren for human figures. He trained under Zhao Mengfu with most of his works dating around 1340. He utilized a minute and brilliant style in all his works.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Guo Xi and Huang Quan are recorded as an influence. Work by Wang Yuan is recorded in the collections of Cleveland Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Palace Museum, National Palace Museum and Shanghai Museum.
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1350
Wang Yuan born at Hangzhou.
1400
Wang Yuan died.
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