Li Di, a Painter of the Song Dynasty, was a native of Heyang (present-day Meng County, Henan Province), whose year of birth and death is unknown. During the Northern Song Dynasty Xuanhe period, he was the painting academy Cheng Zhonglang, the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing was reinstated as the deputy envoy of the painting academy, and the three dynasties of Xiaozong, Guangzong and Ningzong served in the painting academy (1162-1224), and was active in the court painting academy for several decades.
Dog diagram
Gonghua bird bamboo stone, eagle and eagle dog cat, ploughing cow pheasant, long in sketching, intercropping landscape scenery. The concept is exquisite, the skill is profound, and the majesty is moving.
Tanuki Nu Small Shadow Figure Li Di Southern Song Dynasty
The most recent period of Li painting seen is the third year of Qingyuan (1197), as in the seventh year of Xuanhe (1125) of the Northern Song Dynasty, which is seventy-three years, according to this calculation, Li Cunshi's age should be more than ninety years old.
Li Di Poultry BathIng Picture Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei
There are many works passed down from generation to generation, and most of them have annual models. Chun Xi's first year (1174) made the axis of "Wind and Rain Returning to Pastoral", which is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei;
"Wind and Rain Pastoral Return Map"
Mao Jianbo, professor at the School of Arts and Humanities of the China Academy of Art: Li Di's "Map of The Return of Wind and Rain to the Pastoral" depicts the scene of two shepherd boys wearing hats and hurrying to drive the cattle home when the winds are suddenly rising. Although the subject matter is small, it is rich in connotation and depicted in the gods.
Southern Song Dynasty Li Di Snow Tree Cold Bird Picture Shanghai Museum Collection
Chunxi's fourteenth year (1187) "Snow Tree Cold Bird Diagram" axis is now in the Shanghai Museum. In the second year of Qingyuan (1196), he composed the axis of "Maple Eagle Pheasant Diagram", the album of "Chicken Breeding Chart" of the third year of Qingyuan (1197), and the album of "Hound Dog Diagram", all of which are in the Palace Museum.
"Chicken Chick Feeding Chart"
"Chicken Chick Feeding Diagram" depicts two chicks lying on one side and one standing, facing the same direction, holding their breath, as if they heard the call of their mother to forage for food, and they were about to run. The picture depicts the spirit of the chicks waiting to be fed, fully reflecting the warm farmhouse atmosphere. The painter uses black, white, yellow and other thin lines to closely depict the texture of the chicks' plush, vividly depicting the vivid appearance of the young and cute chicks, reflecting the profound painting skills. This picture was painted by Li Di in his later years, the composition is extremely simple, without any background contrast, but it captures the momentary expression of the chicken chicks looking back, which is moving. According to the authentic works of Li Di's paintings seen, there are self-titled years written in the fourteenth year of the Southern Song Dynasty Qingyuan Ding Wei, as in the previous year of the Northern Song Dynasty Xuanhe seven years, it also takes seventy-three years, then, Li's life year should also be more than ninety years. According to this, some people questioned whether the painting was made by Li Di.
Maple Eagle Pheasant Diagram
"Maple Eagle Pheasant Diagram" is a rare huge work in Song painting. In this picture, an ancient maple tree rises from the ground, and a pair of ferocious goshawks on the dead branches are glaring down at a pair of pheasants that are hurrying to escape. The mountain stone tree on the screen is thick with a pen, supplemented by ink breaking, and its yin and yang are explained very clearly to the back. The branches and leaves on the tree are dense and distinct. The feathers of eagles and pheasants are delicate and vivid. The whole picture gives people a sense of rigor and sturdiness, and grandeur. The upper left section of the picture is signed "Qingyuan Bingchen Li Di Painting", which can be seen. This work was painted in the second year of the Southern Song Dynasty (1196 AD). This painting has both Tibetan and Indian sides such as "Prince Yi's Treasure".
Lee Di Red Hibiscus Tokyo National Museum National Treasure
Lee Di Bai Furong Tokyo National Museum National Treasure
Color on silk, 25.2×26.cm×2, 1197
In Li Di's works, the highest level of flower and bird paintings in the Southern Song Dynasty is recognized as one red hibiscus and one white hibiscus. Line drawing has the spirit of five generations of Huang Xiao's painting style, and the red hibiscus is relatively better than the painting. Both paintings are inscribed in the upper left part of the picture: "Qingyuan Ding Wei Nian Li Di Painting", which can be known to be the work of Li Di, a painter from the late Northern Song Dynasty and the early Southern Song Dynasty. The two paintings were originally from the secret collection of the Old Summer Palace, but later went abroad and are now in the National Museum in Tokyo, Japan.
Biography Song Li Di Painting Flowers and Birds Axis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei
Li Di Snow Returns to Mutu Yamato Bunka Hall National Treasure