Lǐ Kàn (''Li K'an'', traditional: 李衎, simplified: 李衎; c. 1245 – 1320) was a Chinese painter during the
Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fift ...
(1271–1368).
Li was born in Jiqiu county (present-day
Beijing
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).
His style name was 'Zhong Bin' and his
sobriquet
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was 'Xi Zhai'. Li lived for some time in a bamboo valley, which inspired many of his works. His ink bamboo executed refined strokes which were commented on their realism, followed the style of
Wen Tong
Wen Tong () (1019–1079)Barnhart, Page 373. Wen Tong's style name was Yuke (与可) with several sobriquets: Jinjiang Daren(锦江道人), Xiaoxiao Jushi (笑笑居士), and Shishi Xiansheng (石室先生) was a Northern Song painter born in Sic ...
.
References
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 Kan (see list of paintings)
1245 births
1320 deaths
Painters from Beijing
Yuan dynasty painters
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