About Wang Lü
Lived 1332 – 1383 (aged 50–51). Wang Lü was a Chinese painter, poet, calligrapher and physician.
Mount Hua by the Chinese painter Wang Lü (1332-1383), album sheet, ink and light colour on paper, Ming dynasty. Its dimensions in centimetres are: 34.5x50.5. Of the forty executed, only eleven remain in two preserved in the Shanghai Museums and the Imperial Palace Museum in Beijing. Wang Lü (; 1332–?) was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, poet and physician who was active during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). His specific date of death is unknown.
Wang was born in Kunshan in the Jiangsu province. His style name was 'Andao' (安道 Āndào "peaceful way/path") and his sobriquets were 'Jisou and Baodu laoren' (畸叟 jī sǒu "odd old gentleman", and 抱獨老人/抱独老人 bào dú lào rén "old man embraced by solitude"). Wang's painting followed the style of Xia Gui. Some of his works included: Album Leaf Paintings of HuaShan Shu Hui Album - twenty-one pieces Yi Yun Tong - one hundred volumes
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Who was Wang Lü?
Chinese painter (1332-1383)
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Wang Lü was born in 1332 in Kunshan.
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Wang Lü died in 1383.
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Wang Lü was a painter, poet, calligrapher and physician.
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Wang Lü was Chinese.
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