Wang Yuanqi

Wang Yuanqi (1642–1715) was a Qing-dynasty court painter and official, born at Taicang and taught by his grandfather Wang Shimin. After the jinshi degree in 1670 he rose to vice minister of revenue and became curator of the Kangxi Emperor's collection.

In 1704 he joined the South Study, painting for the emperor. In 1705 he compiled the Peiwenzhai Catalogue of Painting and Calligraphy.

His dense abstract landscapes, modelled on Yuan master Huang Gongwang, made him the Orthodox school's later leader and one of the Four Wangs. He died in office in 1715.