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{{Short description|Chinese painter (651–716)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Li (Chinese surname)|Li]]|lang=Chinese}}
[[File:Li Sixun boats.jpg|thumb|''Sailing Boats and a Riverside Mansion'', attributed to Li Sixun]]
[[File:Li Sixun peizazh.jpg|thumb|right|"Emperor Taizong Arriving at the Jiucheng Palace".  Formerly attributed to Li Sixun, this is now thought to be a Ming dynasty copy from around 1500.]]
'''Li Sixun''' (651–716 {{zh|c=李思训|w=''Li Ssu-hsün''}}) was a Chinese noble and painter of landscapes who lived during the [[Tang dynasty]]. According to ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', he is considered by [[Dong Qichang]] to be the founder of the [[Northern landscape style|Northern school]] of landscape painting.{{r|EB}}
As a member of the royal family, he had the honorary title of general. His son [[Li Zhaodao]] was also a painter and so the father is distinguished as '''General Li Senior''' or the '''Elder'''.{{r|Gu}}
He used brightly coloured mineral [[pigment]]s, especially [[azurite#Pigments|azurite]] blue and [[malachite]] green. His technique was meticulous and detailed, so that large works such as [[mural]]s might take months to complete.{{r|Gu}}
==References==
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<ref name=EB>{{citation |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Li-Sixun |title=Li Sixun |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |year=2022}}</ref>
<ref name=Gu>{{citation |page=98 |title=A Cultural History of the Chinese Language |author=Sharron Gu |year=2011 |isbn=9780786488278 |publisher=McFarland |chapter=History of Painting}}</ref>
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