Wang Shimin (1592- 1680) was a painter in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The word "smoked" means "heavy smoker" and "old man at the west foot". People from Taicang, Jiangsu. Wang Xijue's grandson was born in the family of an official in the Ming Dynasty. Chongzhen was a minister of Taichang Temple in his early years, so he was also called "Wang Fengchang". There are many poems, paintings and calligraphy, and there are many famous calligraphy books and paintings at home. I have observed them many times and received guidance from Dong Qichang and others. He is good at landscapes, especially Huang. His brushwork is subtle, light and loose, rich and elegant, but his composition has not changed much. His paintings had a great influence in the Qing Dynasty, and Wang Yi and his grandson were endowed by him. Together with Wang Jian, Wang Yi and Wang, they are called the "Four Heavenly Kings", and together with Yun and Yuan, they are called the "Six Schools of Qing Dynasty". Created the "Lou Dongpai" of landscape painting, ranking first among the "Four Heavenly Kings" of painters in the early Qing Dynasty. Handed down from ancient times are Yayi Mountain Zhai Tu, Summer Mountain Tu, Western Hills Louguan Tu and Landscape Atlas. He is the author of Xitian Collection and Postscript of West Road Painting.

Wang Shimin (1592-1680)

The word "Xunzhi" is called "heavy smoker", also called "Xilu old man" and "Xitian master", from Taicang, Jiangsu.

Hengzi, the grandson of King Xijue, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Twenty-nine years Wanli of Ming Dynasty (160 1), scholar, early Chongzhen, Taichang film officer.

If you are not an official, you will hide in the village.

Unique posture, elegant Bo Gu, poetry and writing, good at writing, imitating dead trees with rules and regulations, official script chasing Qin and Han dynasties, ranking first in modern times.

But he is very wise in painting. When he was young, he talked with Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru about painting, which inspired him a lot.

There is a rich collection of books at home, and 24 books have been prepared by selecting historical sites, which are loaded into huge volumes for the model.

Therefore, whenever facilities are arranged, there is a foundation.

What he did was particularly pitiful in Huang, and he was deified in his later years.

As the head of the "Four Heavenly Kings", the landscape of "Lou Dongpai" was created for it.

I have spared no effort to reward Wang Yiyou.

When dying, Wang Yi and Yun are dying.

Shimin died in a draw at the age of 89.

There are many existing works, such as Yayi Mountain Zhai Tu, Clouds and Smoke Beach Tu, Layered Castle Peak Tu, Summer Mountain Tu, Western Hills Louguan Tu, etc., which show the characteristics of inheriting the tradition and integrating the characteristics of previous paintings.

This painting named "Fairy Mountain Pavilion" is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing. This is for the birthday. The so-called lofty mountains and graceful pines are in line with his traditional pattern of absorbing mountains and rivers in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Exquisite painting skills, as Fang Xun commented, are quite "deep and vigorous"

Complete works of Wang

Rural Painting Collection (Qing Dynasty), Silent Poetry History, Tongyin Painting Theory, Annals of Jiangnan, Poems of Liu Yi in Piling, Mei Village Collection, Silkworm Tail Collection and Nantian Collection.