Lin Xue

For the actor, see Lam Suet.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Lin Xue
Born	end of 16th century Fujian, Ming dynasty China
Died	after 1642
Nationality	Chinese
Known for	Painting
Movement	Southern School

Lin Xue (Chinese: 林雪), also known by her courtesy name Lin Tiansu (Chinese: 林天素), was a Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher during the Ming dynasty, noted for her landscape paintings.^[1]

Lin Xue - Prunus and Bamboo - 1988.172 - Art Institute of Chicago

Lin lived by the West Lake in Hangzhou,^[2] where she worked as a courtesan until her marriage into a respectable family.^[3][4]

Lin drew the attention of leading poets and painters of the time, including Li Liufang and Dong Qichang. She painted in the latter's Southern School style, and is described as having a fluid hand with a feminine sensibility. Her landscape album of 1621 contained copies of earlier masterworks, which were deemed exquisite by critics due to how closely they resembled the originals.^[3]

List of works

• Landscape (folding fan), ink on gold paper, 1620, private collection^[1]
• Landscape after Huang Gongwang (Landschaft im Stil des Huang Gongwang) (folding fan), ink on gold paper, ca. 1620, in the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln^[5]
• Geese Descending on Sands (hanging scroll), ink and color on silk, 1621, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution^[6]
• Prunus and Bamboo (hanging scroll), ink and slight color on paper, 1621, in the Art Institute of Chicago^[7]
• Landscape (handscroll), ink and colors on paper, 1622, private collection^[2]
• Landscape (folding fan), ink on gold paper, 1642, private collection^[1]

References

1. Weidner, Marsha (1988). "catalogue". In Weidner, Marsha (ed.). Views from Jade Terrace : Chinese women artists, 1300–1912. Indianapolis Museum of Art. pp. 95-96. ISBN 0847810038.
2. "Elegant Images of the Brush: women's paintings in the late Ming and early Qing period". National Palace Museum of Taiwan. April 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
3. Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Wiles, Sue (13 March 2014). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming, 618-1644. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 252–3. ISBN 978-0-7656-4316-2.
4. "窈窕之杰——晚明清初女性的文化景象".
5. "Landschaft im Stil des Huang Gongwang". Collection Online. Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
6. "Geese Descending on Sands". Collections. National Museum of Asian Art. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
7. "Prunus and Bamboo". The Collection. Art Institute Chicago. Retrieved 22 March 2021.