Dong Shouping is a famous contemporary freehand painter and calligrapher, who is famous for painting pine, bamboo, plum and orchid. Good at painting plum and bamboo, with calligraphy as the theme, ethereal composition, rich and simple pen and ink. His paintings are realistic, both in form and spirit, and very artistic. Dong Shouping's works involve landscapes, flowers and birds, figures and other subjects, and his plum blossom paintings are even more praised as stunts.
Wang Xuetao is a famous modern flower-and-bird painter in China. His plum blossom works are exquisitely conceived, verve-like and full of fresh and beautiful artistic conception. He advocates learning from nature, expressing the beauty in nature through pen and ink, and showing the creative concept of the unity of things and me. His works are full of the painter's unique emotion and personality, showing the charm and artistic value of small freehand flower-and-bird paintings.
The artistic charm of Wang Xuetao's flower-and-bird paintings
In his creation, Wang Xuetao advocated "learning from nature, expressing feelings, integrating things with me, taking the achievements of predecessors, making use of them, and constantly innovating". His painting method is the combination of meticulous painting and freehand brushwork, and the combination of reality and reality.
He is good at describing the colorful and lively world of flowers and birds, and at the same time can express the painter's inner feelings and imagination. He used dexterous and changeable pen and ink and color to integrate the color rules of western paintings into traditional colored ink, which made the overall color contrast harmonious and added unique rhythm to his works.
Wang Xuetao's flower-and-bird paintings are nuanced, vivid and lovely, and full of fun. His works get rid of the rigid pattern of flower-and-bird painting in Ming and Qing dynasties, showing a fresh and exquisite style, which appeals to both refined and popular tastes. He accurately grasps the dynamic flowers and birds, and makes them lifelike through delicate brushwork and rich color expression, as if he could feel their vitality.