Wang Yi; ca. (1333-unknown) was a Chinese

China

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 painter of human figures 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 date of death is unknown.

Wang was born in Muzhou (睦州 present day Jiande 建德) in Zhejiang

Zhejiang

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 province and lived in Hangzhou

Hangzhou

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. His style name was 'Sishan' (思善) and his pseudonym was 'Chi Juesheng' (痴绝生). Wang's developed his own distinct style of painting human figures that demonstrated good shape and spirit. He edited the "The Secrets of Painting Human Figures" (写像密诀) to describe his experiences of human figure painting.