Wang Yiting

He was originally from Wuxing in Zhejiang Province, although spent most of his life in the city of Shanghai where he was a successful businessman-banker.

Wang Zhen was a master calligrapher as well as a painter of flowers, birds, personages and Buddhist subjects.

He was closely associated with and considered the disciple of the painter Wu Changshuo.

Wang Zhen's paintings enjoy a considerable popularity in Japan where he had made many trips in his business and artistic career.

The Japanese reading of his courtesy name is Oh Ittei (おう いってい).