Dong Liyuan's paintings

Dong Liyuan inherited his ancestral business and studied painting seriously. On the recommendation of Kong Qingrong, the duke of Qufu's feast, he went to Beijing and got a position in the cabinet. Later, he was transferred to the county magistrate of Shulu County and the magistrate of Shenze County. He is good at flowers and birds, workers and portraits. His works and writing are fluent, elegant and mellow. At that time, people compared him with Cui Ban, a calligrapher, and Yang Pin, a famous tiger painter, and called him "the figure of Yanghudong in Cui Zi". Because of his excellent painting, he was awarded Wen Linlang by Daoguang Emperor.