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{{Multiple issues|{{More citations needed|date=August 2021}}{{One source|date=August 2021}}}} {{Commons category|Wu Wei}}{{family name hatnote|Wu|lang=Chinese}}Wu Wei ({{zh|t=吳偉|s=吴伟|p=Wú WÄ›i}}; ca. 1459–1508) was a painter of Ming dynasty (1368–1644) China famous for his landscapes. Wu was born in Wuchang in Hubei province.WEB,www.china-on-site.com/pages/painter/1070.php, Wu Wei Brief Biography, 9 July 2008, His style names were Shiying and Ciweng, and his sobriquets were Lufu and Xiaoxian.BOOK,www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00199498, Wu Wei, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011, Oxford University Press, 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00199498, 978-0-19-977378-7, 14 October 2021, Although he was born into a family of scholar-officials and might have pursued a career in the bureaucracy, Wu Wei instead chose to support himself as a painter. He worked as a professional painter in the city of Nanjing, and three emperors summoned him to work as a court painter in Beijing: the Chenghua emperor (r. 1465–87), the Hongzhi emperor (r. 1488–1505), and the Zhengde emperor (r. 1506–21).BOOK,www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000092441, Brunst, Vyvyan, Cahill, James, Wu Wei, Grove Art Online, 2003, Oxford University Press, 10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T092441, 978-1-884446-05-4, 14 October 2021, Wu Wei is known as a landscape painter, and, at least early in his career, he was inspired by the work of Dai Jin (1388–1462). He also painted figures. Wu painted in a strong, fluent, and uninhibited style, and took on many students to teach.

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