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Qiu Ying [Ch’iu Ying; zi Shifu; hao Shizhou]
(b Taicang, Jiangsu Province, ?1494; d c. 1552). Chinese painter. Chinese historical writings refer to Qiu as one of the Four Great Masters of the Ming period (1368–1644), along with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming and Tang Yin. He was certainly the most versatile of the four. He was born into a humble family and studied painting with Zhou Chen in the literary and cultural city of Suzhou, centre of the Wu school of painting. He lived and worked on the fringes of scholarly Suzhou society. His livelihood depended solely upon his skill in satisfying the tastes and demands of his patrons. He was, however, more fortunate than other commercial artists in having three art collectors as patrons, with each of whom he stayed for several years. One was Chen Guan from Suzhou. The other two were both younger than Qiu: Zhou Fenglai (1523–55), from nearby Kunshan, and the well-known wealthy collector Xiang Yuanbian, whose home was in Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province.
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