Wang Geyi

• Wang Geyi, courtesy name is Qizhi, art name is Geyi. Studied calligraphy and seal carving from Wu Changshuo.

• relevant artists

  • Wu Changshuo

    Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), a prominent Chinese calligrapher, painter and seal carver of the late Qing Dynasty, formerly known as Jun Qing, courtesy name was Changshuo, art name was Kutie, born in Anji Zhejiang. In his childhood, he was influenced by his father and began to like painting and seal carving. He learned regular script from Yan Lugong and Zhong Yuanchang, clerical script from Han Dynasty stone carving, seal script from Tang Dynasty stone carving. The brushwork was influenced by Deng Shiru and Zhao Zhiqian. He was good at painting flowers and had a unique style of painting such as brush movement and composition. In ink brushes, flowers such as plums and peony, trees and stones were noble and beautiful, and his brushstrokes were vigorous and breathtaking.

  • Zhu Wenhou

  • Wang Zhen

    Wang Zhen, courtesy name was Yi Ting, art name was Bailong Shangren, Meihua Guanzhu and Haiyun Shanzhu, etc. He was a well-known painter and merchant of the late Qing Dynasty and the early period of Republic of China, one of the representatives of the Shanghai School. His paintings combine the characteristics of Ren Bonian and Wu Changshuo, and he formed a school of painting himself.

  • Zhang Daqian

    Zhang Daqian, courtesy name Ji Yuan, and Buddhist name Daqian, was a renowned Chinese modern artist born in Neijiang, Sichuan, with ancestral roots in Panyu, Guangdong. His reputation in poetry, calligraphy, and painting, alongside Qi Baishi and Pu Xinyu, earned him the titles “Southern Zhang, Northern Qi” and “Southern Zhang, Northern Pu.” Together with Huang Junbi and Pu Xinyu, he was also known as one of the "Three Masters Crossing the Sea."

  • Zhang Shanzi

    Zhang Shanzi, courtesy name was Shan and Zhanzi, art name was Hu Chi, born in Neijiang Sichuan, a modern painter, an older brother of Zhang Daqian. He was also a master of the tiger painting.

  • Qian Shoutie

    Qian Shoutie, courtesy name was Shu Ya, art name was Shou Tie, born in Wuxi Jiangsu, a Chinese modern painter and calligrapher, one of the founders of the Chinese Painting Society. He specialized in Chinese painting, calligraphy, and seal carving.

  • Ye Weishen

    Ye Weishen with the other name as Xun, was born in Hang County, Zhejiang Province. He specializes in portraits and floral paintings. For a long time, he lived in Shanghai and sold paintings for a living. He is a representative painter of the modern sea school. In 1925, he founded "Suyue Gallery" with Wang Yiting and others.

  • Wang Tingjue

    Wang Tingjue, also known by the names Canglang Waishi, Kezhuo Xuan Zhu, and later as Zhangweng, was from Suzhou, Jiangsu. He was skilled in painting and studied under Wu Changshuo and Wang Yiting. Wang excelled in flower painting, characterized by bold and large brushstrokes, emphasizing grandeur and energy, and he captured the essence of his teachers' styles.

  • Pan Tianshou

    Pan Tianshou was born in Ninghai Zhejiang, devoted his life to art work and art education. He was good at bird-and-flower painting, landscape painting, painting human figures, and also had high skills in poetry and seal carving. He also painted hawks, plum, bamboo, stones and wild flowers. His works were powerful and tasteful.