Huang Ding (Wade–Giles: Huang Ting; ; pinyin: Huáng Dĭng; – 1730) was a
Chinese
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landscape painter
Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent compos ...
and poet active during the
Qing dynasty
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(1644–1912).
Huang was born in
Changshu
Changshu (; Suzhounese: /d͡ʐan¹³ ʐoʔ²³/) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. It borders the prefecture-level city of Nantong to the northeast across the Yangt ...
in the
Jiangsu
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province.
His style names was 'Zhungu' and his
sobriquet
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s were 'Kuangting, Xianpu, and Du Wangke'. Huang's landscapes were painted in the style of
Wang Yuanqi
Wang Yuanqi (; pinyin: Wáng Yuánqí; 1642–1715) was a Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty.
Wang was born in Taicang in the Jiangsu province and tutored in painting by his grandfather Wang Shimin (1592–1680). His style name was 'Mao-ching' ...
, showing great strength through its imagery. He traveled extensively, and the varied destinations appear in many of his paintings.
References
1650 births
1730 deaths
Qing dynasty landscape painters
Qing dynasty poets
Writers from Suzhou
Poets from Jiangsu
Painters from Suzhou
People from Changshu
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