Qu Ding Explained

Qu Ding (ca. 1023–ca. 1056)^[1] (Chinese: 屈鼎) was a Chinese painter of the Song Dynasty.

He learned the art of painting from Yan Wengui, a master artist of that time period. His work, Summer Mountains, currently held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is perhaps the only work of his that has survived to the present day. His paintings of landscapes bring out a panoramic view of mountains and rivers. Summer Mountains bears the seal of Emperor Huizong of Song, a noted patron of the arts and himself an artist, which may imply that Qu Ding was a court painter in the court of Huizong.^[2]

Further reading

• Book: Fong, Wen . Summer Mountains: The Timeless Landscape. New York . The Metropolitan Museum of Art . 1975 . 0870991353 .

See also

• Qu (surname 屈)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Summer Mountains Attributed to Qu Ding 1973.120.1 Work of Art Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. 2017-11-19.
2. Web site: Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127) Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Department of Asian Art. The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. 2017-12-10.