Rong Wang - Artist Info

About Rong Wang

Name variants

Wang Rong, Wang Shensheng, Shensheng Wang
  • Biography

    Wang Rong, also known as Wang Shensheng (1896-1972), was born in Lanxi, Zhejiang province, but his family was originally from Anhui province. He studied painting in Shanghai in 1912, and then taught painting in Beijing since 1934.

    He is known for his flower paintings. In 1954 he became a researcher in the Institute of Folk Arts in the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. In 1957 he became a professional painter in the China Academy of Painting in Beijing.

    Submitted by Martin Forrer, whose sources are the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England and Modern Chinese Artists, A Biographical Dictionary by Michael Sullivan.

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