The Picture of Tao Ren is an important masterpiece of ancient ladies' paintings in China. It is the work of Zhang Xuan, a painter in the Tang Dynasty. This painting depicts the situation of urban women in the Tang Dynasty in the process of tamping, arranging cables, ironing and sewing.
The movements of the characters in the painting are natural and the details are vivid, which makes people see that they lean back slightly when spinning, showing the author's careful observation. Its lines are meticulous and colorful, and its "plump" figure modeling shows the typical style of ladies painting in Tang Dynasty. The Tao Ren Map is detailed and colorful, and it is also a copy of Song Huizong, which is circulated in an orderly way.
This painting originally belonged to the Yuanmingyuan collection. 1860 After "burning Yuanmingyuan", it was plundered and lost overseas, and now it is in Boston Museum.
About the author:
Natalie (date of birth and death unknown), Han nationality, born in Chang 'an (now Xi, Shaanxi), was a painter in the Tang Dynasty. He may have been a court painter in Kaiyuan (7 13-74 1). He is famous for painting noble ladies and pommel horses in the palace. In the history of painting, people usually compare him with Zhou Fang, another female painter after him.
There are dozens of Zhang Xuan's works recorded in the description of Tang and Song painting history, many of which have been repeatedly imitated by many painters, but none of the original works written by Zhang Xuan himself have been left behind. There are two important manuscripts left in history, namely, Song Huizong's You Chuntu, the wife of the State of Guo, and The Map of Tao Ren.