Misplaced Pages

Wang Fu (simplified Chinese: 王绂; traditional Chinese: 王紱; pinyin: Wáng Fú, ca. 1362–1416) was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Wang was born in Wuxi in the Jiangsu province. His style name was 'Mengduan' (孟端) and his pseudonyms were 'Youshi (友石), Jiulong shanren (九龙山人), and Aosou' (鳌叟). Wang's painting followed the style of Wang Meng and Ni Zan. Wang also painted ink bamboo works in a free and uninhibited style.

Notes

1. "Wang Fu Brief Biography". Retrieved 2008-07-09.
2. Cihai: Page 1194.

References

• 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.
• Jonathan Chaves “Painter-Poet Wang Fu (1362-1416),” (essay with translations), Oriental Art, Vol. XLV, No. 4, 1999/2000.

This article about a Chinese painter is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1360s births
• 1416 deaths
• Ming dynasty landscape painters
• Ming dynasty calligraphers
• Ming dynasty poets
• Writers from Wuxi
• Poets from Jiangsu
• 14th-century Chinese calligraphers
• 15th-century Chinese calligraphers
• Painters from Wuxi
• Chinese painter stubs