signed DONGQICHANG, inscribed, and with two seals of the artist inscribed by Xu Bangda with one seal ink and color on paper, hanging scroll Dong Qichang (1555–1636), was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, politician, and art theorist of the later period of the Ming Dynasty.His landscapes are marked by the subtle elegance found in scholar art. His mature yet breezy form of brushwork is built up yet also retains a light and airy feeling. In creating compositions, he followed the idea in calligraphy of an overriding "force" that permeates the work.