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Lin Liang [zi Yishan]
(b Nanhai, Guangdong Province, c. 1416; d c. 1480). Chinese painter. He became a provincial administrator and was referred to the court during the reign of the Tianshun emperor (1457–64). He was later promoted to the Imperial Guard under the system of titles given to court painters in the early Ming period (1368–1644). His surviving works feature large subjects in monochrome ink, although he is recorded as having also been proficient in colours. He has been seen as chiefly influenced by Bian Wenjin (c. 1400–40), with whom he painted Cranes (hanging scroll, ink on silk, 1.74*0.87 m; Guangzhou, Guangdong Prov. Mus.). He is thought of as one of the foremost protagonists of the ZHE SCHOOL, painting boldly in ink on silk, with no more than a signature inscribed on his works. Lin Liang also painted magpies, peacocks, pheasants and magnificent eagles, many of them almost filling his hanging scrolls.
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