Lin Xue Explained

Lin Xue
Birth Date:end of 16th century
Birth Place:Fujian, Ming dynasty China
Death Date:after 1642
Nationality:Chinese
Movement:Southern School
Field:Painting

Lin Xue, also known by courtesy name Lin Tiansu, was a Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher during the Ming dynasty, noted for her landscape paintings.[1]

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 Li Liufang 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.[4]

List of works

Notes and References

  1. Book: Weidner . Marsha . Weidner . Marsha . Views from Jade Terrace : Chinese women artists, 1300–1912 . 1988 . Indianapolis Museum of Art . 0847810038 . 95-96 . catalogue . https://archive.org/details/viewsfromjadeter00weid/page/95 .
  2. Web site: Elegant Images of the Brush: women's paintings in the late Ming and early Qing period . National Palace Museum of Taiwan . April 2015 . 10 October 2019.
  3. Web site: 窈窕之杰——晚明清初女性的文化景象.
  4. Book: Lee. Lily Xiao Hong. Wiles. Sue. Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming, 618-1644. 13 March 2014. M.E. Sharpe. 978-0-7656-4316-2. 252–3.
  5. Web site: Landschaft im Stil des Huang Gongwang. Collection Online. Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln. 22 March 2021.
  6. Web site: Geese Descending on Sands. Collections. National Museum of Asian Art. 22 March 2021.
  7. Web site: Prunus and Bamboo. The Collection. Art Institute Chicago. 22 March 2021.

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