Wang Xi

Wang Ximeng (, 1096–1119) was a Chinese painter during the Northern Song period, in the early twelfth century. A prodigy, Wang was a student at the imperial court's school of paintings, where he was noticed by Emperor Huizong of Song, who saw Wang's talent and personally taught him. In 1113, at the age of 18, he created his only survived work, a long blue-green scroll called A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains. He died at the age of 23. The painting has since been called a masterpiece of Chinese art; the scroll is in the permanent collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. The scenery in the painting was later identified as Mountain Lu and Poyang Lake in Jiujiang. Biography Wang Ximeng (, 1096–1119) was a Chinese painter during the Song Dynasty, Northern Song period, in the early twelfth century. Wang was a student of the court Painting School, where he was noticed by Emperor Huizong of Song, who saw Wang's talent and taught him. In 1113, at the age of 18, he created his only survived work, A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains. He died at the age of 23.