Jin Nong (1687- 1763), whose real names are Shoumen, Si Nong and Jin Ji, is Mr. Dong Xin, a mountain man, a scholar in Qujiang, a former Ye Jushi, and a Taoist Shou. Because of his life experience in Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, he called himself "the old man of the Three Dynasties". Painter in Qing Dynasty, the first of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou.
Those who traveled smoothly went home without encountering anything. Stay in Yangzhou overnight and sell calligraphy and painting for self-sufficiency. Curious and eager to learn, good at poetry and calligraphy. Poetry is quaint, and he is good at distinguishing. Calligraphy creates the style of flat pen, which has both open pen and official pen, and is called "lacquer book". I didn't start painting until I was fifty-three. His painting style is strange and ancient, and he is good at sketching flowers with light ink dry pen, especially painting plums.
His representative works include Huadong Calyx Opening, Air Defense Like Sprinkling, Chimonanthus Chimonanthus Opening, Jade Butterfly Clearing, Tie Xuan Sparse Flowers, Wonderful Picture of Bodhisattva, and Qiongzi Waiting for the Picture, etc. He is the author of Winter Heart Poetry, Winter Heart Essay and Winter Heart Essay.
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"Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou" is the general name of a group of painters and painters with similar styles who were active in Yangzhou from the middle of Kangxi to the end of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, and is often called "Yangzhou Painting School" in art history. In the history of painting in China, there are different opinions, generally recognized as: Jin Nong, Zheng Xie, Huang Shen, Shan Li, Li, Wang, Gao Xiang.
As for the painters mentioned by others, such as Ruan Yuan, Hua Yan, Min Zhen, Gao, Li Mian, Chen Zhuan, Bian Shoumin, Yang Fa, etc. It can also be included because of similar painting styles. Because the word "eight" can be regarded as a number or a divisor. Most of them were born in poverty, lived a poor life, and were lofty and wild. Calligraphy and painting often become the media for them to express their wishes and feelings.
The painting and calligraphy style of Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics is different from ordinary people, unconventional and sometimes derogatory, so it is called "Eight Eccentrics".
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