Wang Ximeng (Chinese: 王希孟; pinyin: Wáng Xīmèng', 1096–1119) was a Chinese painter during the Northern Song period, in the early twelfth century. A prodigy,[1] Wang was a student at the imperial court's school of paintings, where he was noticed by Emperor Huizong of Song, who saw Wang's talent and personally taught him. In 1113, at the age of 18, he created his only surviving work, a long blue-green scroll called A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains. He died at the age of 23.
The painting has since been called a masterpiece of Chinese art; the scroll is in the permanent collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. The scenery in the painting was later identified as Mount Lu and Poyang Lake in Jiujiang.[2][3]
- ^ Murck 2000, p. 123.
- ^ ""A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" actually has a real scene, and the prototype of the landscape is here". iNEWS. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "专家解密《千里江山图》：取景庐山和鄱阳湖-浙江新闻-浙江在线". zjnews.zjol.com.cn.