Wang Yuan; was a Chinese

China

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 landscape painter during the Yuan Dynasty

Yuan Dynasty

The Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was a ruling dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, who ruled most of present-day China, all of modern Mongolia and its surrounding areas, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368. It is considered both as a division of the Mongol Empire and as an...

 (1271–1368). His specific dates of birth and death are not known.

Wang was born in Qian Tang (钱塘, modern day Hangzhou

Hangzhou

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 in the Zhejiang

Zhejiang

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 province). His style name was 'Ruoshui' (若水) and his pseudonym was 'Danxuan' (澹轩). Wang imitated Guo Xi

Guo Xi

Guo Xi Chinese landscape painter from Henan Province who lived during the Northern Song dynasty. One text entitled "The Lofty Message of Forest and Streams" is attributed to him. The work covers a variety of themes centered around the appropriate way of painting a landscape...

 for landscapes, Huang Quan

Huang Quan

Huang Quan , style name Gongheng , was a military general of the late Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. He first served the warlord Liu Zhang in Yi Province. In 211, Huang Quan warned Liu Zhang that Liu Bei was planning to seize control of Yi Province from him...

 for bird-and-flower painting

Bird-and-flower painting

Bird-and-flower painting is a kind of Chinese painting named after its subject matter. Normally, most bird-and-flower paintings belong to the scholar-artist style of Chinese painting....

s, and Tang Ren for human figures. He trained under Zhao Mengfu

Zhao Mengfu

Zhao Mengfu courtesy name Ziang , pseudonyms Songxue , Oubo , and Shuijing-gong Dao-ren , was a prince and descendant of the Song Dynasty, and a Chinese scholar, painter and calligrapher during the Yuan Dynasty.He was recommended by the Censor-in-chief Cheng Jufu to pay an audience...

with most of his works dating around 1340. He utilized a minute and brilliant style in all his works.