Xie Shichen
Illustration — Xie Shichen, Landscape, 1542. Fan; ink on gold dusted paper. Brooklyn Museum Xiè Shíchén (Hsieh Shih-ch'en, traditional: 謝時臣, simplified: 谢时臣); ca.
Xie Shichen
Xie Shichen · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund · CC0
- Nationality
- Ming dynasty
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- landscape
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Xie Shichen, Landscape, 1542. Fan; ink on gold dusted paper. Brooklyn Museum Xiè Shíchén (Hsieh Shih-ch'en, traditional: 謝時臣, simplified: 谢时臣); ca.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Xie Shichen. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
gnd · 142692646 · wikidata · Q3570976 · wikipedia · Xie Shichen
In this article
Biography
Biography
(1488-unknown) was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). His specific date of death is not known. Xie was born in Suzhou in the Jiangsu province. His style name was 'Sizhong' and his sobriquet was 'Chuxian'. Xie's landscapes followed the style of Guo Xi and Shen Zhou.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Work by Xie Shichen is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art and The Palace Museum.
Returning to the Village in a Rainstorm, 1530, by Xie Shichen
Xie Shichen · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1487
Xie Shichen born at Suzhou.
1568
Xie Shichen died.
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 142692646, Xie, Shichen.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
reference work
- “Xie Shichen”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3570976: Xie Shichen
General reference · Wikidata
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 142692646, Xie, Shichen.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
18,452 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Xiao YuncongArtist
- Xiao ZhaoArtist
- Xie HeArtist
- Xie HuanArtist
- Xie SunArtist
- Xie ZhiliuArtist
- Ximena ArmasArtist
- Ximena CristiArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Xie Shichen?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.