Li Shida (simplified Chinese: 李士达; traditional Chinese: 李士達; pinyin: Lǐ Shìdá, c. 1540), was a Chinese painter of the Ming dynasty. A native of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, he obtained the position of a jinshi in the imperial examination in 1574 during the reign of the Wanli Emperor.
Biography
editLi was born at a year around 1540. He grew up in Xingguo.[1]
Painting
editShida painted figures and landscape paintings. He also did flower painting (which he claimed he wasn't good at.[2]
He wrote an essay on five qualities he believed helped him paint. He claimed they were ability, sincerity, rarity, depth and harmony.[3]
References
edit- ^ China Archaeology and Art Digest. Art Text (HK) Limited. 1998. p. 299.
- ^ "Expressions of the Mind | Chinese Flower Painting | China Online Museum". China Online Museum. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ Kember, Pamela (2013-04-18), Kember, Pamela (ed.), "Li Shida", Benezit Dictionary of Asian Artists, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199923014.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-992301-4, retrieved 2020-06-28
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