Qiu Ying (; 1494–1552) was a Chinese painter of the Ming dynasty who specialised in the gongbi brush technique.

Early life

Qiu Ying's courtesy name was Shifu (), and his art name was Shizhou (). He was born to a peasant family in Taicang. His family moved to Suzhou (蘇州), where Qiu Ying apprenticed as a lacquer artisan, painting decorations on lacquer-ware. Despite his family's humble origins, he had natural talent and skill in painting. He later learned the art of painting from Zhou Chen (周臣, ca. 1450–1535). the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Penn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the British Museum.

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File:仇英桃村草堂图轴.png|Peach Village

File:仇英莲溪渔隐图轴.png|Fisherman Hermit

File:仇英玉洞仙源图轴.png|Jade Cave Fairy Land

File:Ch'iu Ying 001.jpg|Spring morning in the Han Palace

File:Journey to Shu; Long.jpg|Emperor Minghuang's Journey to Sichuan

File:Qui ying scan.jpg|Scroll illustrating The Heart Sutra, 1543

File:Pavilions in the Mountains of the Immortals by Qiu Ying.jpg|Pavilions in the Mountains of the Immortals

File:Ming-Beamtenprüfungen1.jpg|The Imperial examinations, 1540

File:'Landscape with Scholar in Pavilion' by Qiu Ying, c. 1530-40, Honolulu Museum of Art, 3178.1 .JPG|Landscape with Scholar in Pavilion

File:明 傳仇英 十六羅漢圖 卷-The Sixteen Luohans MET DP205344.jpg|The Sixteen Luohans

File:孔子聖蹟圖.png|Portrait of Confucius

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