Wu Shixian
Illustration — A distant view of the temple in the sunset (1903), the National Art Museum of China Wu Shixian (Wu Shih-hsien, traditional: 吳石仙, simplified: 吴石仙, pinyin: Wú Shíxiān), also known as Wu Qingyun; ca. (unknown-1916) was a Chinese landscape painter during the Qing dynasty (1644–1912). His specific year of birth is unknown.
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Wu Shixian
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Illustration — A distant view of the temple in the sunset (1903), the National Art Museum of China Wu Shixian (Wu Shih-hsien, traditional: 吳石仙, simplified: 吴石仙, pinyin: Wú Shíxiān), also known as Wu Qingyun; ca. (unknown-1916) was a Chinese landscape painter during the Qing dynasty (1644–1912). His specific year of birth is unknown.
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Wu was born in Nanjing in the Jiangsu province, and later lived in Shanghai and Japan. His style name was 'Shixian' and his sobriquet was 'splash-ink monk'. Wu specialized in painting foggy and rainy landscapes. The quality of his landscapes is sometimes attributed to his knowledge of Western Art, which at the time was already available in Shanghai.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Shanghai and Japan. Work by Wu Shixian is recorded in the collections of Ashmolean Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria and Saint Louis Art Museum.
Wu Shixian - A Riverside Village before Rain - 2001.140.1 - Yale University Art Gallery
Wu Shixian
Wu Shixian, Wu Qingyun - Snowy Landscape in the Manner of Li Cheng - 128-2016 - Saint Louis Art Museum
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