明代宫廷画家李在考略

李在是明代前中期重要的宫廷画家,他精通山水和人物画。由于古代宫廷画家的身份和史学家对宫廷画家的轻视,包括李在在内的众多宫廷画家的历史资料记载极为稀少。在现代,随着画界和史学界对院体画以及宫廷绘画价值的重新审视,院体画家开始得到一定的重视,众多的宫廷画家也被人们列为重要课题进行深入的探讨和研究。文章通过对李在现有的史料进行梳理和分析,从李在的生卒时间以及在宫廷画院的人际关系和艺术特色几个方面勾勒出李在人生的足迹,以期引起同仁和专家们的关注。

Research of Court Painter Li Zai of Ming Dynasty

Li Zai is a court painter of the early and middle Ming Dynasty who specializes in landscape and figure painting.The data of court painters,including Li Zai＇s,are scarce,for the reason that historians had court painters in contempt in ancient China.However,nowadays academic-style painting and court painting are re-evaluated by the arts community as well as by historians;accordingly,academy painters have resumed their positions and attracted their due attention from experts.Meanwhile,court painters should also deserve to be re-recognized and researched by artists and history critics after hundreds of years of being ignored.This article is to sort out and analyze the existing historical data including birth and death of Li Zai,his interpersonal relationship in the royal court and his artistic characteristics in order to outline several aspects of his artistic experience.In doing so,I hope it can raise experts＇ criticism and correction,and arouse a more in-depth study of court painters.