early life and career wang shishen, a renowned chinese painter and calligrapher, was born in 1686 in xiuning, anhui province, during the qing dynasty. his style name was jinren, and his sobriquets were chaolin and xidong waishi. despite being born into poverty, wang shishen went on to lead a successful life as a painter, becoming one of the esteemed eight eccentrics of yangzhou. artistic style and contributions wang shishen's artistic…