Wang Zhen
Illustration — Wang Yiting • Illustration — Flowers 1931, Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan • Illustration — Tang Poem Calligraphy, Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan Wang Wang Zhen (1867–1938), commonly known by his courtesy name Wang Yiting, was a prominent businessman and celebrated modern Chinese artist of the Shanghai School. He also used the art name Bailong shanren and as a devote Buddhist under other names. He was originally from Wuxing in Zhejiang Province, although spent most of his life in the city of Shanghai where he was a successful businessman-banker.
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Wang Zhen
湖州味道｜辛亥革命与湖州②：湖州辛亥革命群英谱（上）, 澎湃新闻 (Image / Archive) · Public domain
- Born
- 1867 · Qingpu.
- Died
- 1938 · Shanghai.
- Nationality
- Qing dynasty · Republic of China
- Occupation
- entrepreneur · painter · artist · social activist · businessperson
- Teachers
- Ren Bonian · Wu Chang-shuo
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Illustration — Wang Yiting • Illustration — Flowers 1931, Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan • Illustration — Tang Poem Calligraphy, Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan Wang Wang Zhen (1867–1938), commonly known by his courtesy name Wang Yiting, was a prominent businessman and celebrated modern Chinese artist of the Shanghai School. He also used the art name Bailong shanren and as a devote Buddhist under other names. He was originally from Wuxing in Zhejiang Province, although spent most of his life in the city of Shanghai where he was a successful businessman-banker.
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A master calligrapher as well as a painter of flowers, birds, personages and Buddhist subjects. He was closely associated with and considered the disciple of the painter Wu Changshuo. It is sometimes said that many of his teacher's paintings were from Wang Zhen himself. Paintings enjoy a considerable popularity in Japan where he had made many trips in his business and artistic career. The Japanese reading of his courtesy name is Oh Ittei (おう いってい). This Japanese connection was one he shared with his mentor Wu Changshuo.
Training under Ren Bonian and Wu Chang-shuo is recorded. Work by Wang Zhen is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Ashmolean Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Wang Zhen is recorded with the occupation social activist. Recorded as entrepreneur, painter, artist, social activist and businessperson.
From right to left Yōseki Utsumi, Wu Changshuo, Wang Yiting, and Rosanjin.
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1867
Wang Zhen was born on 4 December 1867.
1938
Wang Zhen died on 13 November 1938.
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Qingpu.
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- 1.Encyclopedia of Chinese Artists (Zhongguo meishu jia renming cidian) on p. 131
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