Wang Hui
(1632–1717) Chinese painter (1632-1717)
Wang Hui (1632–1717) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Wang Hui belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Wang Hui was born in Changshu and died in Changshu. The teachers included Wang Jian, Wang Shimin, and Yang Jin. Wikidata associates Wang Hui with Yushan School. Wang Hui became a member of Six Masters of the early Qing period and Four Wangs.
The best-known works include ‘Kangxi Emperor's Southern inspection tours’, ‘Hut in the Autumn Rain’, ‘Clearing Autumn Sky over a Fishing Village’, and ‘The Beauty of Green Mountains and Rivers’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 37 works by Wang Hui with free images. The dated works span the years 1650–1712. Works by Wang Hui are held by several collections, among them The Palace Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, National Palace Museum, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Anthonie van Borssom, Benjamin von Block, Adriaen van der Kabel, Johann Filip Lemke, and Antonio Zanchi.