Ink Bamboo, Palace Museum, 1401
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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.[1] His style name was 'Mengduan' (孟端) and his pseudonyms were 'Youshi (友石), Jiulong shanren (九龙山人), and Aosou' (鳌叟).[2] 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.


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