Lin Xue
Lin Xue | |
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Born | end of 16th century Fujian, Ming dynasty China |
Died | after 1642 |
Nationality | Chinese |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Southern School |
Lin Xue (Chinese: 林雪), also known by courtesy name Lin Tiansu (Chinese: 林天素), was a Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher during the Ming dynasty, noted for her landscape paintings.[1]
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Lin Xue - Prunus and Bamboo - 1988.172 - Art Institute of Chicago
Lin lived by the West Lake in Hangzhou,[2] where she worked as a courtesan until her marriage into a respectable family.[3]
Lin drew the attention of leading poets and painters of the time, including and Dong Qichang. She painted in the latter's Southern School style, and is described as having a fluid hand with a feminine sensibility. Her landscape album of 1621 contained copies of earlier masterworks, and her copy style is considered exquisite by critics.[3]
List of works[]
- Landscape (folding fan), ink on gold paper, 1620, private collection[1]
- Landscape after Huang Gongwang (Landschaft im Stil des Huang Gongwang) (folding fan), ink on gold paper, ca. 1620, in the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln[4]
- Geese Descending on Sands (hanging scroll), ink and color on silk, 1621, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution[5]
- Prunus and Bamboo (hanging scroll), ink and slight color on paper, 1621, in the Art Institute of Chicago[6]
- Landscape (handscroll), ink and colors on paper, 1622, private collection[2]
- Landscape (folding fan), ink on gold paper, 1642, private collection[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Weidner, Marsha (1988). "catalogue". In Weidner, Marsha (ed.). Views from Jade Terrace : Chinese women artists, 1300–1912. Indianapolis Museum of Art. pp. 95-96. ISBN 0847810038.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Elegant Images of the Brush: women's paintings in the late Ming and early Qing period". National Palace Museum of Taiwan. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Wiles, Sue (13 March 2014). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming, 618-1644. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 252–3. ISBN 978-0-7656-4316-2.
- ^ "Landschaft im Stil des Huang Gongwang". Collection Online. Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Geese Descending on Sands". Collections. National Museum of Asian Art. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Prunus and Bamboo". The Collection. Art Institute Chicago. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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