Li Shida

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.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.
Three Hunchbacks (三驼图), Li Shida, Palace Museum, Beijing

Biography

Li was born at a year around 1540. He grew up in Xingguo.[1]

Painting

Shida 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
  1. China Archaeology and Art Digest. Art Text (HK) Limited. 1998. p. 299.
  2. "Expressions of the Mind | Chinese Flower Painting | China Online Museum". China Online Museum. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  3. 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/acref-9780199923014-e-2084, ISBN 978-0-19-992301-4, retrieved 2020-06-28
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