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Vladimir Borovikovsky
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (1757–1825) was a portrait and icon painter of the Russian Empire, born in Myrhorod, and one of the leading Russian portraitists of his era.
Wang Gai
Wang Gai (王概) was a Chinese landscape painter of the early Qing dynasty, best known as compiler of the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting.
Wang Hui
Wang Hui (王翚), courtesy name Shigu, was a Chinese landscape painter of the early Qing dynasty and one of the Four Wangs, best known for directing the Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour scrolls.
Wang Shen
Wang Shen (王诜, ca. 1036 – after 1093) was a Northern Song dynasty landscape painter, poet, and collector, known for Misty River and Layered Peaks.
Wang Shimin
Wang Shimin (王时敏, 1592–1680) was a Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher of Taicang, Jiangsu, eldest of the Four Wangs who led the Orthodox school of early Qing painting.
Wen Zhengming
Wen Zhengming (文徵明, 1470–1559) was a Chinese painter and calligrapher of Suzhou who led the Wu School and ranks among the Four Masters of Ming painting.
Willem Claesz. Heda
Willem Claesz. Heda (1594–1680) was a Dutch still-life painter who spent his career in Haarlem and was one of the originators of the tonal, monochrome breakfast and banquet still life.
Willem van de Velde the Younger
Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707) was a Dutch Golden Age marine painter who moved to England in 1672 under the patronage of Charles II.
William Blake
William Blake (1757–1827), English poet, painter, and printmaker of the Romantic Age; inventor of relief etching for his illuminated books (Songs of Innocence, Milton, Jerusalem); unrecognized in life, now canonical.
William Hogarth
William Hogarth (1697–1764), London-born painter and engraver, pioneer of British satirical print series such as A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress, and Marriage A-la-Mode, and namesake of the 1735 Engravers' Act.
Wu Zhen
Wu Zhen (吴镇, 1280–1354) was a Chinese painter of the Yuan dynasty and one of the Four Masters of the Yuan, known for reclusive fishermen, landscapes, and ink bamboo.
Xia Chang
Xia Chang (夏昶, 1388–1470) was a Chinese painter and official of the early Ming dynasty, best known for ink bamboo paintings sought after in Korea, Japan, and Siam.
Xiao Yuncong
Xiao Yuncong (萧云从, 1596–1673) was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet of the late Ming and early Qing, founder of the Gushu school of painting in Wuhu, Anhui.
Yangzhou Eccentrics
The Yangzhou Eccentrics (扬州八怪), also called the Yangzhou school, were a group of painters in Qing dynasty Yangzhou who rejected orthodox conventions for expressive, individualist ink freehand work.
Yi Am
Yi Am (李巖, 1507–1566) was a Korean painter of the Joseon dynasty and a member of the royal family, regarded as the founding master of Korean animal painting.
Yi Jeong
Yi Jeong (이정, 李霆; pen name Taneun) was a mid-Joseon dynasty poet, calligrapher, and painter, a great-great-grandson of King Sejong and the most renowned Korean master of ink bamboo painting.
Yu Zhiding
Yu Zhiding (禹之鼎, 1647–1716) was a Chinese portrait painter of the early Qing dynasty who served the Kangxi court and painted the era's leading officials and scholars.
Zha Shibiao
Zha Shibiao (查士標, 1615–1698), courtesy name Erzhan, was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet of the early Qing dynasty, counted among the Four Masters of the Xin'an school.
Zhang Geng
Zhang Geng (張庚, 1685–1760) was a Qing dynasty painter, connoisseur, and art historian from Xiushui, Zhejiang, known for the Guochao Huazheng Lu and the treatise Pushan Lun Hua.
Zhang Sengyou
Zhang Sengyou (张僧繇) was a 6th-century court painter of China's Liang dynasty, one of the Six Dynasties masters, known for Indian-derived concave-convex shading and the dragon-painting idiom hua long dian jing.
Zhou Fang
Zhou Fang (周昉, courtesy names Zhonglang and Jingxuan, c. 730–800) was a mid-Tang dynasty Chinese painter from Chang'an, known for portraits of aristocratic women and creating the Water-Moon Guanyin iconography.
Zong Bing
Zong Bing (宗炳, 375–443), courtesy name Shaowen, was a Chinese painter, theorist, and lay Buddhist of the Eastern Jin and Liu Song dynasties who declined all offers of office.