In the middle of Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou, a commercial city in the south, was a metropolis in the southeast coastal area, with businessmen, humanities and rapid economic and cultural development. Painters from all over the world also poured in, selling paintings and performing arts, among which "Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics" was the most famous group of painters. The Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou does not refer to a certain eight people, but actually refers to a group of painters with distinctive personalities and strange styles who represent Yangzhou painting circles. They are already professional literati painters or literate professional painters. Their general characteristics are: naturalness, expressing individuality, using my method, freehand brushwork, attaching importance to likeness, maintaining individuality and extensive cultivation.
Wang (1686- 1759). Words close to the people, number, number unofficial history, left blind man, jack in heaven, old man in late spring, etc. A native of Shexian County, Anhui Province, lived in Yangzhou all his life. Work flowers, especially good at painting plums. "Plum Painting Inscription": Wang's plum painting makes good use of numerous branches, puts pen to paper, and does not care about clever thinking. He can draw a beautiful and elegant state of plum blossom with a thin hard pen. At the age of 54, he is blind in his left eye, but he can still draw plum blossoms. He said, "My left eye is blind" and "I still have one eye on plums". After that, he was blind and poor, but he could still write wild Chinese characters. The "view of mind" is a good poem called "blind, not blind", and it is the author of "Nest Poem".
Li Shan, also known as CheungYueng (1686- 1762), is a native of Xinghua, Jiangsu. In the fiftieth year of Kangxi (17 1 1), Gan Long was the magistrate of tengxian for three years (1738). After "two subjects and one demoted official", he returned to Yangzhou to make a living by selling paintings, which had the closest relationship with Zheng Xie. In his early years, Shan Li studied landscape painting from Wei, a fellow countryman, and inherited Huang all the way. After studying under the high disciple of the master of painting, he learned freehand brushwork, and took part in calligraphy with a pen, which was vigorous and used water for a long time, forming his own unique style of "ink and wash blending into fun". He is good at writing poems and books. There are many poems on the painting, and he is good at long inscriptions, uneven handwriting and rich pictures. His works had a great influence on flower-and-bird painting in the late Qing Dynasty.
Jin Nong (1687- 1764) was born in Shoumen, Sining, Jinji, Zhejiang Renhe (now Hangzhou). He is good at painting bamboo, plum, pommel horse, Buddha statue, figures and landscapes, especially Mo Mei. He absorbed nutrition from the stone carvings of Han dynasty portraits, so his works are simple in style. He is also good at calligraphy and sculpture. The written official script is concise and the regular script is unique, so it is called "lacquer script", that is, the flat pen script has both official script and regular script. Seal cutting existed in Qin and Han Dynasties. Existing works include Bi-color Plum Garden, Jade Pot Spring Color Map and Imitation of Wang Mian Plum Blossom Map.
Huang Shen (1687—— about 1768), whose real name is Gong Mao, Gong Shou and Ju Zhuang, whose name is Ying Piao Zi, is from Ninghua, Sanming, Fujian, and one of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou. He is good at drawing characters. He paints in a wild way, which is his own way. Most of the characters written are historical myths and stories, Buddhist literati, beggars, trackers and fishermen. The lines of clothes are varied, only a few strokes, both in form and spirit.
Gao Xiang (1688- 1753) is known as Xiugang, with Xitang, Tantang and Pingtang numbers. Jiangsu Ganquan (now Yangzhou) people. I was friendly with Shi Tao in order to forget the New Year. He is good at calligraphy, seal cutting and landscape painting, especially plum painting. He, Jin Nong, Wang, and Wang are also called "the master of painting plum". He painted plums with "sparse branches and half flowers, covered with jade buildings and a little red", and his brushwork was sparse and beautiful, with a unique charm.
Zheng Xie (1693- 1765) is known as Crouching Tiger and Banqiao. Xinghua, Jiangsu He used to be the magistrate of Fanxian County and Weixian County in Shandong Province. Before and after he became an official, he lived in Yangzhou and made a living by painting and calligraphy. He is good at drawing orchids, bamboos, stones, pines, chrysanthemums and so on. You Zhu, with cursive brushwork, painted more without chaos, painted less without sparseness, with vigorous brushwork and elegant charm. Calligraphy and painting, with China eight points mixed with cursive script, created a "six and a half books". Good at painting permeates the book, and also permeates the painting with the closing button of the book, achieving the artistic effect of complementing each other.
Li (1695- 1755), a native of Nantong, Jiangsu Province, whose real name is Qingjiang, whose real name is Longjiao, whose real name is, Yibaishan and Zhiyuan, is the owner of the borrowing garden. He has served as a county magistrate in Dong 'an, Buried Hill, Hefei and other counties in Shandong Province, and his career has experienced ups and downs. Borrow a garden for an official to live in Nanjing and travel to Yangzhou to sell paintings. He is good at painting flowers, birds, insects and fish of pine, bamboo, orchids, chrysanthemums and plums, and he is also good at painting people and scenery, especially plums. His pen is swift and wild, and his pen and ink are vivid and vivid, which makes people feel careless. He often likes to drain a plum blossom and a few plum blossoms, but the spring is harmonious and overflowing on paper, which is not obvious. The famous poem "Shi Mei" has a picture with a sentence "Nothing is depressing and strange", which shows its plum character. Works, poems and poems are common in paintings.
Luo Pin (1733- 1799), whose name is Dunfu, Liangfeng and Huashoushou, is from Shexian County, Anhui Province and lives in Yangzhou. He is a follower of Jinnong. Good at traveling, I have been to Vietnam, Chu, Qi, Yan, Zhao and other places. Figures, Buddha statues, landscapes, flowers and fruits, and plum and bamboo are unique in style, especially famous for drawing ghosts. He can also write poems, including Xiang Ye Cao Tang Ji. His wife and children are good at drawing plums, so they are called "Luo Pai".
Hua Nie (1682- 1756) was born in the autumn moon, Dechong, Dongyuan Xinluo Mountain, Buyi, a layman in Shanghang, Fujian. He lives in Yangzhou and sells paintings for a living. Moved to Hangzhou in his later years. Together with Jin Nong, Zheng Xie and others. He is good at drawing figures and landscapes, especially flowers and birds. Pay attention to sketch, novel composition, vivid and colorful image, elegant and bright color, beautiful and unique realm. Exercise books can also be poems.
Gao (1683- 1748) was originally named Xiyuan, originally named Nancun and later named. He is from Jiaozhou, Shandong. I lived in Yangzhou for a long time. After I became an official, I made a living by selling paintings. After the age of 55, his right hand was disabled, and he painted with his left hand, but he was still left after he changed it. Painting, calligraphy and painting, landscapes, flowers and birds are more detailed in the early years and more enjoyable in the later years. Emphasis on tradition and imitation of nature can create new ideas, and landscapes are indulgent, vigorous and ancient. He is also good at referring to ink painting, making the pen moist and beautiful, and his style is strange and relaxed.
Bian Shoumin (1684- 1752) was originally named Wei Qi, and his real name was Gong Yi. He gradually became a monk, and he became a Buddha in the reeds. Jiangsu Yang Shan (now Huai 'an) is a scholar. Close relationship with Hua Nie, Zheng Xie and others. Gong Shi, good at painting and calligraphy. Flower and bird feathers have different tastes. In particular, Lu Yan, who splashed ink, is quite famous in Jianghuai, and the painted Lu Yan is pale and strange, all of which are fascinating. Reed is written in the ink bamboo method, which is sparse and vigorous, and the ink color is muddy.
Chen Zhuan (1686- about 1758), whose real name is Lengshan, is from Yushan. Ningbo, Zhejiang, who lives in Qiantang. He is a disciple of the writer Mao Qiling (1623- 17 16) with high academic attainments. He was poor, aloof and arrogant all his life, and didn't make friends with dignitaries. He is good at cursive writing, flowers and landscapes, especially at writing plum blossoms and small books, and his pen and ink are elegant and harmonious. He is the author of Poems of Yuji Mountain Residence and Outside Collection of Yuji Mountain Residence Paintings.
Min Zhen (1730- unknown) is from Jiangxi. He is good at freehand brushwork figures, flowers and birds, landscapes, pen and ink, Gu Zhuo, free and easy. Especially his figure paintings are simple and natural, with both form and spirit. His works had a certain influence on Korean painters. Part-time lettering has the meaning of Qin and Han Dynasties.
Li Mian, date of birth and death is unknown. Zixiao village Anhui Huaining people. Live in Heyuan, Yangzhou. I have a good personal relationship with Li Shan, and everyone calls me "Li Er". He paints poems and paintings. Good at landscapes, flowers and calligraphy. Painters advocate self-reliance and don't eat others' leftovers. People seldom see his paintings today. He is the author of Modern Poems of Xiaocun in three volumes.
Yang Fa, born and died in an unknown year, is the son of Emperor Baiyun. I lived in Yangzhou for a long time. Good at calligraphy, painting and seal cutting. The seal script, official script and cursive script in the book are simple, vigorous and unique. Its flowers are similar to those in Hua Nie. His name is bigger than paintings, and his paintings are rarely circulated.