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Ding Yunpeng [Ting Yün-p’eng; zi Nanyu; hao Shenghua Jushi]
(b Xiuning, Anhui Province, 1547; d after 1625). Chinese painter. The son of a physician with modest artistic aspirations, he inherited his father’s love for art but was left with no financial means and was obliged to paint for a living. Ding became known primarily for his Buddhist figure painting, though he also painted landscapes and designed woodblock book illustrations. Ding was the most conservative of the major late Ming-period (1368–1644) figure painters with whom he is often grouped, but although he did not develop a distinctive or inventive personal style, he was a versatile artist of eclectic tastes, displaying a wide range in subject-matter and style.
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