Wáng Lǚ; ca. (1332-unknown) was a Chinese

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 landscape painter, calligrapher and poet

Chinese poetry

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 who was active during the Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty

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 (1368–1644). His specific date of death is unknown.

Wang was born in Kunshan

Kunshan

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 in the Jiangsu

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 province. His style name was 'Andao' and his sobriquet

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s were 'Jishou and Baodu laoren'. Wang's painting followed the style of Xia Gui

Xia Gui

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. Some of his works included:

• Album Leaf Paintings of HuaShan
• Shu Hui Album - twenty-one pieces
• Yi Yun Tong - one hundred volumes