signed SHITAO，inscribed，and with three seals of the artist ink and color on paper，hanging scroll Shi Tao ( 1642–1707), was one Chinese landscape painter in early Qing Dynasty.Shi Tao is one of the most famous individualist painters of the early Qing years. The art he created was revolutionary in its transgressions of the rigidly codified techniques and styles that dictated what was considered beautiful. Imitation was valued over innovation, and although Shitao was clearly influenced by his predecessors, his art breaks with theirs in several new and fascinating ways.