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WANG ZHEN (1867-1938)
Courtesy name Yiting, he used the sobriquet Bailong Shanren, Meihua
Guanzhu, Dharma name Jue Qi, whose ancestral home was Wuxing,
Zhejiang province, although he was born in Qingpu, Shanghai. At the
age of fourteen he apprenticed at Yichun Tang, a well-known mounting
studio in Shanghai, while he simultaneously studied painting with Ren
Bonian. In 1885, he joined the Osaka Steam Navigation Company. For
his diligence and expertise, he became the exclusive agent of Nissin
Steam Navigation Company in just twenty years, and one of the three
largest importers in Shanghai, doing businesses in public service,
insurance, and the finance industry, among others. In 1910 he joined
the Tongmenghui. During the Republic Period, he served different
crucial government positions, such as the Minister of Transportation in
Shanghai commandery, and the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and
Industry. In 1911, he started to learn painting from Wu Changshuo.
Being an active advocate for Wu’s art, he is credited for Wu’s success
in Western countries. Wang excelled in all traditional subjects, including
birds and flowers, figures, Buddhist images, and landscapes. His style
was valiant and raw, imposing yet intriguing.

王震（1867-1938）
字一亭，號白龍山人、梅花館主，法名覺器。祖籍浙江吳興，生於上
海青浦。十四歲學徒於上海知名裱畫店怡春堂，學畫於任伯年弟子，
並曾受任氏指點。一八八五年入大阪輪船公司，為人勤勉，幹練通
達，廿年間做到日清輪船公司總代理，並涉足公用事業、保險、金融
等各行業，乃上海灘三大洋行買辦之一。一九一〇年加入同盟會，民
國後曾任上海都督府交通部部長、農工商部部長等要職。一九一一年
拜吳昌碩為師，大力推廣吳昌碩的藝術，對其畫藝遠播東洋功不可
沒。王一亭花鳥、人物、佛像、山水，無所不能。畫風強悍厚拙，氣
勢雄渾，又饒有意趣。

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