Qiu Ying
Qiu Ying 仇英 | |
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Born | 1494 |
Died | 1552 |
Known for | Gongbi |
Movement | Zhou Chen, Wu School, Four Masters of the Ming dynasty |
Patron(s) | Chen Guan, Zhou Fenglai (1523–1555), Xiang Yuanbian |
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Qiu Ying (Chinese: 仇英; pinyin: Qiú Yīng; Wade–Giles: Ch'iu Ying; 1494 – 1552)[1] was a Chinese painter of the Ming dynasty who specialised in the gongbi brush technique.
Early life
Qiu Ying's courtesy name was Shifu (实父), and his art name was Shizhou (十洲). He was born to a peasant family in Taicang. Moving with his family to Suzhou (蘇州), Qiu Ying was apprenticed as a lacquer artisan. Despite his family's humble origins, he had natural talent and skill in painting. He later learned the art of painting from the famous artist Zhou Chen[1] (周臣, ca. 1450–1535) and imitated ancient works of Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties, becoming so successful that his copies and the originals were indistinguishable.
Career
Though Suzhou's Wu School encouraged painting in ink washes, Qiu Ying also painted in the blue-and-green style and incorporated different techniques into his paintings. His paintings on figure, landscape, and flower subjects all therefore have an originality of his own. Qiu Ying's use of the brush was meticulous and elegant, and his depictions of landscapes and figures were orderly and well-proportioned. In addition to his paintings being elegant and refined, they also are quite decorative. Qiu Ying's painting style it also has the delicately graceful air of literati art as well.
His talent and versatility allowed him to become regarded as one of the Four Masters of the Ming dynasty.
Furthermore, accompanying the great economic expansion that took place in the middle of the Ming dynasty, Qiu Ying's paintings were imitated in large numbers during his own lifetime to meet the demand for his art, his name added to untold numbers of works done by professional artists.
The most famous really painted by Qiu Ying are Harp player in a pavilion (now at the
Personal life
His daughter, Qiu Zhu (仇珠, fl. 16th c.), and son-in-law, You Qiu (尤求, fl. 16th c.), followed him in painting. Qiu Zhu's style is delicate and beautifully refined, while You Qiu also inherited his father-in-law's manner but especially excelled at “baimiao (白描)” fine-line figure painting in ink.
Collections
Work attributed to Qiu Ying is held in the permanent collections of several museums worldwide, including the
Gallery
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Peach Village
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Fisherman Hermit
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Jade Cave Fairy Land
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Spring morning in the Han Palace
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Emperor Minghuang's Journey to Sichuan
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Scroll illustrating The Heart Sutra, 1543
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Pavilions in the Mountains ofthe Immortals
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TheImperial examinations, 1540
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Landscape with Scholar in Pavilion
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The Sixteen Luohans
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Portrait of Confucius
Notes
- ^ a b Cihai page 211.
- ^ "Boating in the Mountains, in the style of Qiu Ying (y1946-195)". artmuseum.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "two ladies and a parrot". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Exchange: Peach Blossom Spring". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Scroll Painting - C138 | Collections - Penn Museum". www.penn.museum. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Harp player in a pavilion". collections.mfa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Fisherman's Flute Heard Over the Lake". art.nelson-atkins.org. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "handscroll; painting | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
References
- Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会). Ci hai (辞海). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海辞书出版社), 1979.