About Li Shida
Lived 1550 – 1620 (aged 69–70). Li Shida was a Chinese painter.
Li Shida (, ), was a Chinese painter of the Ming dynasty. A native of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, he obtained the position of a jinshi in the imperial examination in 1574 during the reign of the Wanli Emperor.
Biography Li was born at a year around 1540. He grew up in Xingguo.
Painting Shida painted figures and landscape paintings. He also did flower painting (which he claimed he wasn't good at.
He wrote an essay on five qualities he believed helped him paint. He claimed they were ability, sincerity, rarity, depth and harmony.
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Who was Li Shida?
Chinese artist (1550-1620)
When was Li Shida born?
Li Shida was born in 1550 in Suzhou.
When did Li Shida die?
Li Shida died in 1620.
What was Li Shida's occupation?
Li Shida was a painter.
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Li Shida was Chinese.
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