Sunday, September 7, 2008

Wang Mian

Wáng Miǎn ; ca. was a painter of plums during the Yuan Dynasty .

Wang was born in Zhuji the Zhejiang province . His style name was 'Yaunzhang' and his sobriquets were 'Zhushi shannong, Fan niuweng, Kuaiji waishi, and Meihua wuzhu'. Wang developed his own distinct style of painting plum blossoms that was very bold and vigorous. He edited the "Manual of Plum" to describe his experiences of plum-painting.

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