Wang Yuanqi
(1642–1715) Chinese painter (1642-1715)
Wang Yuanqi (1642–1715) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Wang Yuanqi belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Wang Yuanqi was born in Taicang and died in Beijing. Wang Yuanqi worked in Beijing. Wang Yuanqi became a member of Six Masters of the early Qing period and Four Wangs. The students included Heyi.
The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 16 works by Wang Yuanqi with free images. The dated works span the years 1678–1712. Works by Wang Yuanqi are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, and Cleveland Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jacob Toorenvliet, Gerard de Lairesse, Claudio Coello, Edwaert Collier, and Andrea Pozzo.