Qiu Ying

Qiu Ying (; 1494–1552) was a Chinese painter of the Ming dynasty who specialised in the gongbi brush technique.

Early life Qiu Ying's courtesy name was Shifu , and his art name was Shizhou . He was born to a peasant family in Taicang. His family moved to Suzhou (蘇州), where Qiu Ying apprenticed as a lacquer artisan, painting decorations on lacquer-ware. Despite his family's humble origins, he had natural talent and skill in painting. He later learned the art of painting from Zhou Chen (周臣, ca. 1450–1535). the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Penn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the British Museum.

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