Li Tang (painter)

Li Tang was a Song dynasty Chinese landscape painter who practised at Kaifeng and Hangzhou. He forms a link between earlier painters such as Guo Xi, Fan Kuan and Li Cheng and later artists such as Xia Gui and Ma Yuan. He perfected the technique of axecut brushstrokes.

Li Tang was born ca. 1050, a native of Heyang. Already in his early years he earned his living by painting. Sometime after 1100, under Emperor Huizong, he earned the highest rank in the Painting Academy at the court in Bianjing .

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