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Li Gonglin (李公麟, 1049–1106), style name Boshi (伯時), art name Longmian Jushi (龍眠居士, Householder of the Sleeping Dragon), was a Chinese antiquarian, painter, and politician during the Northern Song dynasty.
Li Gonglin (born 1049, Shucheng, Anhui province, China—died 1106) was one of the most lavishly praised Chinese connoisseurs and painters in a circle of scholar-officials during the Northern Song period.
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With Li, painting joined music, poetry, and calligraphy as a medium of self-expression. Li's revolutionary new style established the three essential desiderata of scholar-painting: moral purpose, learned stylistic references to the past, and expressive calligraphic brushwork.
Nov 12, 2015 · Learn about Li Gonglin, a Chinese painter, civil officer and archaeologist in the Northern Song Dynasty. See his famous paintings of horses, Buddhism, Taoism, portraits and landscapes.
Li Gonglin, style name Boshi, art name Longmian Jushi, was a Chinese antiquarian, painter, and politician during the Northern Song Dynasty.
The figure painter Li Kung-lin, who lived in China from about 1041 to 1106, was the leading exponent of the Northern Sung scholar-official aesthetic. One hundred seven of his works were recorded in the great government catalogue of the imperial collection of paintings a few years after his death.
Li Gonglin was a master in comprehensive painting techniques, proficient in painting characters, horses, flowers and birds, landscape, and was especially good at...
