Li Song (; active 1190–1230) was a Chinese imperial court painter in the Song dynasty.Barnhart: Page 129.
Song was born in Qian Tang (錢塘 – present day Hangzhou). He was originally a carpenter by trade, but was later adopted and trained by the court painter Li Congxun (李從訓). He was known for painting human figures.Cihai: Page 1264.
A notable painting by Li Song is Skeleton Fantasy Show, in which a skeleton uses a dancing skeleton puppet to attract children, while a mother breastfeeding her child is looking at them.
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References Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会). Ci hai (辞海). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海辞书出版社), 1979.
External links Sung and Yuan paintings, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Li Song (see list of paintings)