Xu Daoning () (c. 970–1051/53) was a Chinese painter of the Northern
Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the res ...
(960–1279) from
Chang'an
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(now
Xi'an
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) or Hejian (河间 now
Hebei
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).
[Cihai: Page 382.] He started out life by selling medicine prescriptions in
Kaifeng
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. While selling prescriptions, he also began painting nature scenes in the style of
Li Cheng.
After gaining popularity he took up painting murals for Chinese nobles. His most notable work is ''Fishermen's Evening Song'' (ca. 1049).
[Barnhart: Page 119.]
See also
*
Culture of the Song Dynasty
Notes
References
* Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (). Ci hai (). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (), 1979.
* Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press.
External links
Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Xu Daoning (see index)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070928004147/http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/CollectionDatabase.cfm?id=12243&theme=china
* http://www.artnet.com/library/09/0925/T092577.asp
Song dynasty painters
970s births
1050s deaths
Artists from Xi'an
Painters from Shaanxi
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