Li Di
File:Li Di-Shrike on a Winter Tree.jpg on a tree in winter. Song dynasty, 1187 AD. Currently kept at Shanghai Museum.]]
Li Di ({{zh|c=李迪|p=Lǐ Dí|w=Li Ti}}; {{circa}} 1100 – after 1197) was a Chinese imperial court painter during the Song dynasty.Barnhart, p. 129. He was noted for painting flowers, birds, bamboo, and animals in motion.Cihai, p. 1262. Li was a member of the Academy of Worthies.{{cite book |access-date=5 March 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7K_fHZkywUC&pg=PA165|title=Zhou Mi's Record of Clouds and Mist Passing Before One's Eyes: An Annotated Translation|last=Zhou |first=Mi|date = January 2002|volume=2|publisher=Brill|isbn=90-0412605-8|page=165}}
Biography
Li was born in Heyang (河陽), in modern Meng County ({{lang|zh-hans|孟县}}) in Henan Province. He worked at the Imperial Painting Academy, and his career spanned the reigns of emperors Xiaozong, Guangzong, and Ningzong.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
The exact dates of his life are uncertain, only that his first signed painting is dated 1125, and his last known painting is dated 1197.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
Family
Li Di's son, Li Demao, was also a painter in the Imperial Painting Academy.[https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/red-and-white-cotton-roses-li-di/bAFQ_-YXfFKRcg Red and White Cotton Roses], Tokyo National Museum, Google Arts & Culture.
Gallery
Li Di - Red and White Cotton Roses - Google Art Project.jpg|Red and White Cotton Roses (1197). Tokyo National Museum.
White hibiscuses.jpg|White Cotton Roses (1197). Tokyo National Museum.
Li Di-Maple Falcon and Pheasant.jpg|Maple, Falcon, and Golden Pheasant (1196). Palace Museum.
Li Di-Hunting Dog.jpg|Hunting Dog. Palace Museum.
名绘集珍册 9 宋 李迪 春潮带雨.jpg|The Spring Tide Brings Rain. National Palace Museum.
Buffles et vacher fuyant l'orage, attribué à Li Di.png|Oxherds in Wind and Rain. National Palace Museum.
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Notes
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References
- Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. {{ISBN|0-300-07013-6}}.
- Cihai Bianji Weiyuanhui ({{lang|zh|辞海编辑委员会}}) (1979). Cihai ({{lang|zh|辞海}}). Shanghai, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House.
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Category:Song dynasty painters
Category:Year of death unknown
Category:12th-century Chinese painters
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