About Wang Wu
Lived 1632 – 1690 (aged 57–58). Wang Wu was a Chinese painter and poet.
Wang Wu, Peonies, 1672, Ink and pigment on silk. The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art. Dallas Wang Wu ; ca. 1632-1690 was a Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).
Wang was born in Wu country in the Jiangsu province. His style name was 'Qingzhong' and his sobriquets were 'Xuedian daoren and Wang'an'. Wang specialized in bird-and-flower painting, using a brilliant and minute style. Unlike many painters of the time, Wang was not affiliated with any school of painting.
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Chinese painter and poet (1632-1690)
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Wang Wu was born in 1632 in Suzhou.
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Wang Wu died in 1690.
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