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WANG HUI Chinese 1632-1717 WC Hanging Scroll

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WANG HUI Chinese 1632-1717 WC Hanging Scroll
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Watercolor and ink on paper, hanging scroll. Featuring landscape scene. Signed and attr. Wang Hui (Chinese, 1632-1717) and inscribed with artist sea. 89 x 43 cm. Wang Hui was an acclaimed Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty, and played an important role in reviving older traditions of landscape painting. Rather than painting from nature, Wang preferred to copy the works of Song dynasty masters, reworking their traditional framework into unique compositions. Born in 1632 in Changshu, China, from his youth Wang was influenced by some of the most prominent painters of his time, two of whom, Wang Shimin and Wang Jian, were his teachers. Together with Wang Yuanqi, these artists became to be known as the “Four Wangs.” During the 1680s, he began producing long handscrolls, and moved beyond calligraphic brushwork to incorporate intricate architectural elements and figures. Wang was later commissioned as a painter for the emperor, designing a series of 12 large-scale handscrolls depicting his tour from Beijing to the cultural centers of the Yangtze River Delta. The artist died in 1717 in Beijing, China. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Hong Kong Museum of Art, among others.