Wang Zhenpeng (painter)

Summary

Wang Zhenpeng (simplified Chinese: 王振鹏; traditional Chinese: 王振鵬; pinyin: Wáng Zhènpéng; Wade–Giles: Wang Chên-p'êng); was a Chinese landscape painter who worked in the imperial court[1] during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368). His specific dates of birth and death are not known, though he was active 1280–1329.[1]

Wang was born in Yongjia in the Zhejiang province.[2] His style name was 'Pengmei' (朋梅) and his pseudonym was 'Guyun chushi' (孤雲處士).[3] Wang's painting of landscapes and follow in the style of Li Gongling in their ease and grace of appearance. His architecture drawings were mostly uncolored, in a fineline style known as 'jiehua' (界畫).[1]

Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality (1308), handscroll, ink on silk, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Dragon Boat Regatta (1310/1325), ink on silk, Detroit Institute of Arts.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Barnhart: Page 149.
  2. ^ "Wáng Zhènpéng Brief Biography". Retrieved 2008-07-11.
  3. ^ Cihai: Page 1199.

References edit

  • Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07013-6
  • Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会). Ci hai (辞海). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海辞书出版社), 1979.