Born in 1928
in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Wang studied western painting at the Shanghai Fine
Arts School from 1947 to 1949 and transferred to the Beiping National Art
School in 1949. He graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1953.
Since then he has been teaching art at the Beijing-based Qinghua University.
An art professor of the university, Wang is also a board member of the Chinese
Artists' Association and a consultant to the China Society of Modern Calligraphic
Arts. In 1985, he co-organized the First Exhibition of Chinese Modern Calligraphy
and co-established the China Society of Modern Calligraphy and Painting. A
founder of China's Modern Calligraphy Artistic Movement, he has participated
in major exhibits of modern calligraphy and other art shows in China and abroad.
He has had several solo shows and published numerous books, albums and articles
on art.
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