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.

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References

• 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.

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