Giuseppe castiglione dit lang shining biography
The Art History Archive - Chinese Art
Italian-Chinese Painter Lang Shi�ning
By Brandi Leigh - 2008.
Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shi�ning) was born in Milan on July 19th of 1688. He studied painting in Italy with Carlo Cornara at the Botteghe Degli Stampator painting studio.
Lang Shining – China Online Museum
He joined the Society of Jesus in 1707 and became a Jesuit Brother. As a missionary he had worked in Genoa and Lisbon; by 1715 he was sent to Macao, China by the European Catholic Church.
He ended up traveling to Beijing where his artistic ability impressed the Emperor who invited Castiglione to paint for him at his Court. During his time in China he adopted the Chinese name Lang Shi�ning.
Flower in a vase, 1723 - Giuseppe Castiglione (郞世宁 - Lang ...
Castiglione ended up serving as imperial artist to the next three emperors as well: Kang Xi, Yong Zheng and Qian Long.
Castiglione painted in European style, but featured many Chinese themes. During his time in China, he designed the Western-Style Giuseppe Castiglione - Columbia University WOMO