Portrait of Shen Zhou
Shen Zhou studied painting at home all his life and never took the imperial examination. Because Shen Zhou hates dirty political reality, he often travels abroad, pursues spiritual freedom, and spends most of his time painting. Moreover, Shen Zhou is very kind and friendly, with many friends and great prestige. Numerous people came to ask for Shen Zhou's paintings, and Shen Zhou promised them one by one. Even if the peddler Mushu asked for his paintings, he never refused.
Shen Zhou's literati paintings played a very important role in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Some painters in Suzhou inherited the painting style of the Northern Song Dynasty, especially the Yuan Dynasty, and combined with their usual creative habits, created a new painting style. Shen Zhou is one of these people. At that time, Zhejiang School was popular all over the world. The painters of the Soviet School, mainly Shen Zhou and others, gradually rose, forming a situation to compete with the Zhejiang School. Soon, he surpassed the Zhejiang School of Painting and became a leading figure in the painting world.
With more and more people engaged in this painting style, with the passage of time, it has had a great impact on the art world, and gradually formed a new art school called Wu Pai. The patriarch of Wu School is naturally Shen Zhou. At that time, Shen Zhou, as the first of the four great painters in Ming Dynasty, had a great influence on the development of painting at that time and later generations.
Shen Zhou's works
Because Shen Zhou is peaceful and approachable, no matter how high or low, as long as you ask him to paint, Shen Zhou will not refuse. So many paintings have been handed down from China. Spread widely, leading to Shen Zhou's works everywhere. Everyone can't tell the truth from the false, and even experts need some time to complete the distinction. Wen Zhiming, a painter in the Ming Dynasty, also called Shen Zhou a "immortal" far away from the world.
Portrait of Shen Zhou
Shen Zhou's works are now mostly collected by large museums. For example, the scripts of the Palace Museum in Beijing include "Imitating the Landscape Axis of Oriental Life" and "Cangzhou Interesting Map Volume". There are also works by Shen Zhou in Nanjing Museum, such as Dongzhuang Map and Peony Axis. Liaoning Museum also has two paintings by Shen Zhou. One volume is "Pot Chrysanthemum Painting Deep Scenery", and the other volume is "Dieshan Painting on Jiangyan River". Shen Zhou's Lushan Axis is also in the collection of the Palace Museum.
However, these are Shen Zhou's works after middle age. Most of Shen Zhou's early paintings were small. These big productions started after the age of 40. Shen Zhou's painting style has been changing. Middle age is more rigorous and writing is more leisurely; In his later years, the style of painting became bolder and bolder, and the momentum occupied the main position.
Shen Zhou first learned painting skills from his father, uncle and other family members, and then from Du Qiong. I painted a lot, learned a lot from many painters in Song and Yuan Dynasties, and finally gradually formed my own unique painting style. At present, the market price of Shen Zhou's works is very high. 20 10 shenzhou "loose window and high stone" shaft was sold at 1 100 million yuan. However, this has not reached saturation. At present, ancient paintings and calligraphy are still in the state of appreciation.