Li Song () (active 1190–1230) was a Chinese imperial
court painter
A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...
in the
Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...
.
[Barnhart: Page 129.]
Song was born in Qian Tang (錢塘 - present day
Hangzhou
Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whic ...
). He was originally a carpenter by trade, but was later adopted and trained by the court painter Li Congxun (李從訓). He was known for painting human figures.
[Cihai: Page 1264.]
Notes
References
*Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press.
*Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会). Ci hai (辞海). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海辞书出版社), 1979.
External links
Sung and Yuan paintings an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Li Song (see list of paintings)
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
12th-century Chinese painters
13th-century Chinese painters
Artists from Hangzhou
Court painters
Painters from Zhejiang
Song dynasty painters
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