清 王原祁 倣黃公望高克恭山水圖 軸|Landscape in the Styles of Huang Gongwang and Gao Kegong

Wang Yuanqi

dated 1705 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper · Asian Art

The youngest of the "Four Wangs," Wang Yuanqi knew both Wang Jian (1598–1677) and Wang Hui (1632–1717) and was tutored in painting by his grandfather Wang Shimin (1592–1680). Embarking on a career of government service at the age of twenty-nine, Wang gained official recognition as an artist in 1705, when he and four others were commanded by the Kangxi emperor (r. 1662–1722) to compile a comprehensive study on painting and calli-graphy, which was published in 1708 under the title Peiwenzhai shuhuapu. In this painting Wang draws inspiration from two Yuan dynasty masters, Huang Gongwang (1269–1354) and Gao Kegong (1248–1310).

Artist

Wang Yuanqi

Date

dated 1705

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse, 1972