Wang Meng (painter)

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Wang Meng ( Chinese  王蒙 , Pinyin Wáng Méng ; * 1308 ; † 1385 ) was a Chinese landscape painter of the 14th century, who was best known in the West for the fact that in 2011 a picture called Zhichuan's move for 402.5 million yuan (62, 1 million US $) was sold, at the time just behind a work by Qi Baishi, it was the second most expensive picture by an Asian of all time.

Zhichuan moved around 1378; Taipei Palace Museum

Life

Wang, a grandson of Zhao Mengfu and Guan Daosheng , belonged to the group of the "Four Masters" of landscape painting of the Yuan period . Like Huang Gongwang , Wu Zhen and Ni Zan , he refused to work for the Mongol occupiers. Wang was the youngest of the group and was stylistically different from them in his broader line.

His masterpieces are located in the Palace Museum of the Forbidden City of Beijing, Shanghai Museum , Taipei National Palace Museum , Cleveland Museum of Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art .

The Ming painter Dong Qichang was heavily influenced by him.

Web links

Commons : Wang Mêng  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ What my addiction to Chinese painting made me do on The Spectator of November 9, 2013 (English).
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Wang is the family name here, Meng is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Wang, Meng
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 王蒙 (Chinese script); Wáng, Méng (Pinyin)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1308
DATE OF DEATH 1385