Title:
Landscape
Creator/Contributor:
Wang Yüan-ch'i (Wang Yuanqi)
Date:
1705
Identifier:
CC.242
Format:
Painting
Hanging scroll: ink and color on paper
China
h 25 x w 15 inches
Description:
t: Mao-ching
h: Lu-t'ai, Hsi-lu hou-jen, Shih-shih tao-jen
From T'ai-ts'ang, Chiangsu
Wang Yüan-ch'i was the grandson of Wang Shih-min, and thus had the same interest in following the Orthodox tradition as espoused
by the critic and painter Tung Ch'i-ch'ang. The youngest of the "Four Wangs," his political situation was different from that
of the others in that distance from the Ming and acceptance of the Ch'ing permitted Wang Yüan-chi to accept a government position
after obtaining his chin-shih degree in 1670. He was appointed to the Hanlin Academy in 1700. He was also a Member of the
Board for compilation of the P'ei-wen chai shu-hua p'u (Encyclopedia of calligraphy and painting commissioned by the K'ang-hsi
emperor).
In his painting he followed the Yüan master Huang Kung-wang.