Huang Gongwang

Yuan dynasty · 1269–1354

Huang Gongwang (born 1269, Changshu, Jiangsu province, China, died 1354), birth name Lu Jian, was a Chinese painter, poet and writer born at the end of the Song dynasty in Changshu, Jiangsu. He was the oldest of the "Four Masters of the Yuan dynasty" (1206-1368). == Biography == At the age of 10, the Song dynasty fell to the Yuan dynasty and he, like many other Chinese scholars of the time, found his path to officialdom and a good career severely limited. "He was first an unranked ling-shih at a Surveillance Office in the Chiang-che Branch Secretariat (Province), probably engaged in some sort of land tax supervision. Later he served as a secretary in the metropolitan Censorate where he was unfortunately involved in the slander case of a minister, Chang Lu.

Independent artist guide by Momentable. Biography from Wikipedia; artworks credited to the museums that hold them.