Wang Ximeng

Wang Ximeng (, 1096–1119) was a Chinese painter during the Northern Song period, in the early twelfth century. A prodigy, Wang was a student at the imperial court's school of paintings, where he was noticed by Emperor Huizong of Song, who saw Wang's talent and personally taught him. In 1113, at the age of 18, he created his only surviving work, a long blue-green scroll called ''A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains''. He died at the age of 23.

The painting has since been called a masterpiece of Chinese art; the scroll is in the permanent collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. The scenery in the painting was later identified as Mount Lu and Poyang Lake in Jiujiang. Provided by Wikipedia