# Li Gonglin

ca. 1049–1106

Li Gonglin was a scholar-official of the Northern Song dynasty and one of the most admired painters in Chinese history. A friend of the poet Su Shi, he raised baimiao, painting in pure ink outline without colour, to a scholarly art, depicting horses, Buddhist and Daoist figures and illustrations of classical texts. His Five Horses scroll is especially celebrated, and for centuries later painters copied and emulated his manner.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

2 works in the collection.

- [A horse and rider](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-horse-and-rider-si-fsg-f1917-107), Li Gonglin, 16th century?. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Realm of the immortals](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/realm-of-the-immortals-si-fsg-f1918-13), Li Gonglin, 17th century. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.