# Xiongcai Li artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/xiongcai-li/ Profile generated: 2026-05-04T19:30:00.000Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Nationality: Chinese - Movements: Lingnan School - Common media: ink and color on paper ## About Xiongcai Li Li Xiongcai (黎雄才, 1910–2001) was a Chinese landscape painter and educator, recognized as one of the leading figures of the Lingnan School of painting. Born in Guangdong province, he studied under Gao Jianfu, a founder of the movement, which sought to modernize traditional Chinese painting by incorporating Western perspective and color techniques while preserving classical ink traditions. Li spent most of his career active in Guangdong and became known for his distinctive landscape compositions combining pine trees, rocks, and flowing water. Over his lifetime he produced an estimated four thousand works, contributing significantly to modern Chinese ink painting both as a practitioner and as an educator who trained subsequent generations of artists. ## Common works and media Li Xiongcai's body of work is dominated by landscape paintings in ink and color on paper, frequently depicting mountainous scenery with pine trees, rocky outcrops, waterfalls, and rivers. Common formats include hanging scrolls, handscrolls, album leaves, and framed works. Subject matter also extends to bird-and-flower paintings and figure studies within landscape settings, though these are less frequently encountered at auction. ## Market and appraisal context Li Xiongcai's works have appeared at eight auction houses over a seventeen-year span (2008–2025), including Christie's, Bonhams, and Beijing Nine International Auction, confirming institutional recognition. The Appraisily auction-record index tracks 11 priced lots with a wide price spread: from $300 USD at regional U.S. houses up to HKD 75,000 (Christie's, 2008) and RMB 60,000 (Beijing Nine, 2014). The median realized price is $1,586 USD. However, liquidity is thin—only one lot appeared in the prior 12 months (March 2023, SGD 900) and none in the most recent 12 months. Multi-currency results (USD, GBP, SGD, RMB, HKD) make direct price comparison imperfect without conversion. The higher-value lots tend to be fully attributed works at major houses, while regional-house results cluster in the low hundreds to low thousands of dollars, some labelled 'attributed to' rather than firmly attributed. The market for Li Xiongcai is established but low-volume outside mainland China, where Lingnan School paintings trade more actively at houses like China Guardian and Beijing Nine. ## Auction-house-backed market evidence Li Xiongcai's works have appeared at eight auction houses over a seventeen-year span (2008–2025), including Christie's, Bonhams, and Beijing Nine International Auction, confirming institutional recognition. The Appraisily auction-record index tracks 11 priced lots with a wide price spread: from $300 USD at regional U.S. houses up to HKD 75,000 (Christie's, 2008) and RMB 60,000 (Beijing Nine, 2014). The median realized price is $1,586 USD. However, liquidity is thin—only one lot appeared in the prior 12 months (March 2023, SGD 900) and none in the most recent 12 months. Multi-currency results (USD, GBP, SGD, RMB, HKD) make direct price comparison imperfect without conversion. The higher-value lots tend to be fully attributed works at major houses, while regional-house results cluster in the low hundreds to low thousands of dollars, some labelled 'attributed to' rather than firmly attributed. The market for Li Xiongcai is established but low-volume outside mainland China, where Lingnan School paintings trade more actively at houses like China Guardian and Beijing Nine. ### Appraisal notes When appraising a Li Xiongcai work, Appraisily would use these 11 indexed lots as comparable benchmarks, filtering by medium (ink and color on paper), format (scroll, album leaf, or framed), subject (landscape with pine, stone, and water motifs), and attribution strength ('attributed to' vs. firmly signed). The appraiser would request clear photographs of the painting, mounting, and any seals or inscriptions; measured dimensions; a condition report noting creases, foxing, or retouching; and any provenance documentation such as exhibition catalogs, prior auction labels, or certificates of authenticity from recognized experts. Currency conversion would be applied to normalize multi-currency results into a single reference currency. Given the wide price dispersion ($300–$75,000 equivalent), comparable selection is critical—size, period, subject complexity, and attribution confidence account for much of the variance. The 2014 Kaminski lots (USD 10,000–32,000 for watercolor paintings) and the 2008 Christie's lot (HKD 75,000 for 'Pine forest') represent the higher end for well-attributed works at established houses. ### Valuation factors - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Collector notes - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Market caveats - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Market evidence sources - Appraisily auction record index: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/xiongcai-li/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 ## Appraisily data basis This Appraisily artist page combines identity research drawn from library authority files (VIAF, Library of Congress, Wikidata) with biographical context from encyclopedic sources. When available, auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lot data from major auction houses are incorporated to support market context. Appraisily continuously refines artist pages as new records and scholarly sources become accessible. ## Sources - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11178858 - VIAF / OCLC: https://viaf.org/viaf/94236706/ - Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83003070 - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Xiongcai - Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500342482