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Wang Hui

1632–1717

WA-00053522

People's Republic of China

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Wang Hui was a Chinese landscape painter, one of the Four Wangs. He, and the three other Wangs, dominated orthodox art in China throughout the late Ming and early Qing periods. Of the Four Wangs, Wang Hui is considered the best-known today.

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Artworks (8)

Portrait of An Qi

1715 · hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Image: 122 x 53.6 cm (48 1/16 x 21 1/8 in.); Overall: 259.7 x 80.1 cm (102 1/4 x 31 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Hall of Lofty Pines

1703 · handscroll; ink and color on paper

Overall: 40.7 cm (16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape in the Style of Li Gonglin

1702 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Image: 46 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. (118.7 x 56.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 100 1/2 x 29 5/8 in. (255.3 x 75.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 100 1/2 x 33 3/4 in. (255.3 x 85.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji'nan to Mount Tai

1698 · Handscroll; ink and color on silk

Image: 26 3/4 in. x 45 ft. 8 3/4 in. (67.9 x 1393.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mountains after Rain

1695 · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper

6 7/16 x 19 3/8 in. (16.4 x 49.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng

1694 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Painting: 79.6 x 39.4 cm (31 5/16 x 15 1/2 in.); Overall with knobs: 215.8 x 61.6 cm (84 15/16 x 24 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape

1632 · hanging scroll, color on silk

Overall: 200.9 x 99.2 cm (79 1/8 x 39 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Bamboo Slope 竹坡圖

1632 · Handscroll; ink on paper

25.8 × 459.8 cm (10 1/8 × 181 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Christie's

13 lots · 2007–2026

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Range: $40,320 – $28,925,000

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Landscape after Tang Poetic Sentiments	Christie's	Apr 2026	HK$100,000 – HK$200,000	HK$165,100
Landscape Inspired by Juran	Christie's	Apr 2026	HK$400,000 – HK$600,000	HK$1,397,000
Mountains in the Clouds	Christie's	Oct 2025	HK$1,000,000 – HK$2,000,000	Unsold
Landscape after Wen Zhengming	Christie's	Apr 2025	$250,000 – $350,000	Unsold
Flowers, Birds, Landscapes, Figures and Calligraphy	Christie's	May 2022	HK$10,000 – HK$20,000	HK$40,320
Endless Mountains and Streams	Christie's	Dec 2020	HK$300,000 – HK$400,000	HK$375,000
Endless Streams and Mountains	Christie's	Jul 2020	HK$3,000,000 – HK$5,000,000	HK$28,925,000
Untitled	Christie's	May 2010	HK$300,000 – HK$400,000	HK$375,000
Untitled	Christie's	May 2010	HK$600,000 – HK$800,000	HK$620,000
Untitled	Christie's	May 2008	HK$150,000 – HK$200,000	HK$187,500

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