Artist · 4 prints
Wang Ximeng Prints
About Wang Ximeng
Wang Ximeng (born 1096) was a Chinese painter of the Northern Song dynasty. As a teenager he studied at the imperial Painting Academy, where Emperor Huizong noticed his talent and taught him in person. Little else about his life is recorded, and sources disagree on the year of his death.
Wang is known for one surviving work, A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains, a handscroll he completed in 1113 at the age of 18. It is painted on silk in the blue-green landscape style, using the mineral pigments azurite and malachite, and measures about 51.5 by 1,191.5 cm. The scroll carries an inscription by the minister Cai Jing, to whom the emperor gave the painting. The scroll has been in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing since 1953.
Wang Ximeng prints: reproductions of sections of A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains (1113), the Northern Song blue-green landscape handscroll by Wang Ximeng. The collection includes The Covered Bridge, Central Peaks, Lake and Island Villages and Towering Peaks.
Our selection divides the long scroll into separate scenes so each can hang on its own: steep blue and green peaks, a covered bridge over water, and fishing villages on lake islands. The palette is mineral blue and green over warm brown silk.
The wide landscape sections suit living rooms, dining rooms and offices, and can hang as a set along one wall. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with low-glare acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
