Lin Liang () (ca. 1424－1500) was a Chinese imperial painter of plum, flower, and fruit works during the

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

(1368–1644). Lin was born in

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in the

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province. His style name was 'Yishan'. Lin often painted with a very unconstrained style. After Yan Cong, whom Lin may have known during his time in the capital, he is considered the first of the Cantonese Painters. He was also known to be very rude only during painting.

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Painters from Guangdong Ming dynasty painters 1500 deaths People from Nanhai District Year of birth unknown {{China-painter-stub