Wang Shimin

Wang Shimin (1592–1680) was a landscape painter of the late Ming and early Qing, born at Taicang, grandson of grand secretary Wang Xijue. As a youth he studied under Dong Qichang and copied the Song and Yuan masters in his family's collection.

He served by hereditary privilege as vice minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. He retired through illness in 1632 and refused Qing office after 1644.

He headed the Four Wangs and founded the influential Loudong landscape school. He taught Wang Hui and Wu Li and was the grandfather and teacher of Wang Yuanqi.