Originated from Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics.
There are different opinions about which painters "Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics" refer to. Some people say it's eight, others say it's more than eight; Some people say these eight, others say the other eight. According to various writings, there are as many as fifteen people.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the eight eccentrics were recorded earlier and most completely in Li's Comments on Painting and Calligraphy in Ou Tuoshi, so most people still take the eight eccentrics proposed by Li as the standard. Namely: Wang, Zheng Xie, Gao Xiang, Jin Nong, Li Shan, Huang Shen, Li,.
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.
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1, eccentric Zheng Xie, legendary monster.
Zheng Xie (Xiè) is recognized as the "head of the Eight Eccentrics". People praised him for "reading it", but he said it was "the worst thing"; He saw through the world's attacks on interests and always said "it is difficult to be confused"; Even calligraphy is a school of its own, but it calls itself "six and a half books."
It is precisely because he has his own unique and profound views on people and things that he has made his strange legend.
2, the weirdo is in the air, complaining about others.
Among the Eight Eccentrics, painting landscapes is famous, and poetry, calligraphy and painting are all valued by the world. But life-long cloth, away from the temple, don't ask what's going on in the world. After the death of his good friend Shi Tao, Gao Xiang visited the grave every spring until his death.
Such indifference and true feelings are strange and respectable in that noisy era.
3, eccentric farmers, blame on talent.
Jin Nong was so famous for his erudition that he was once recommended as a learned man. He collected more than a thousand volumes of epigraphy and created his own calligraphy style "Lacquer Book", which is rich in epigraphy and unique in interest. Paintings after the age of 50 are also unique, especially those of Mo Mei.
It's a pity that he was poor all his life. Under this contrast, his talent is even more impressive.
4, eccentric Luo Pin, blamed on the mission.
He is a disciple of Jin Nong, painting figures, Buddha statues, landscapes, flowers and fruits, plums, orchids and bamboos. I have never been an official in my life, but I prefer to draw all kinds of ugly ghosts, which are extremely wonderful to satirize the ugly state of society at that time.
The more people who love drawing ghosts, the more sense of justice they have. But many high-sounding people are ugly at heart.
5. Li Shan, a deviant, complains about fate.
Li Shangyin's career has experienced ups and downs. He was asked to present his paintings as a tribute to the court and was forbidden to leave his post. Later, he became a magistrate of a county, but he was dismissed because he didn't listen to his boss, and even Yangzhou sold paintings for a living. After all this, his painting style changed greatly, and he splashed ink with a broken pen, forming his own unique interesting style of writing freely and blending ink and wash.
But who can say that his final painting achievement is not the result of fate?
6, eccentric Huang Shen, strange understanding.
One of the "Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou" all-around painters. Inspired by Huai Su's original works in the Tang Dynasty, painting with wild brushwork became a wild and unrestrained freehand brushwork style. He was also inspired by Su Shi's "Let the Crane Pavilion" and drew the world-famous "Zhao He Tu in the Western Hills".
It's really amazing. You can find inspiration everywhere.
7. Li, who is eccentric, blames stubbornness.
He was born in an official family and served as a county magistrate and a well-known agent in Chuzhou for many years. Later, because of false accusation, he was dismissed from office, vowed not to be an official, and sent love to painting and calligraphy. Adhering to the tradition of learning from others, he is unique, vigorous, old and vivid.
This stubbornness is also persistence to some extent.
8. Wang, a freak, blames his people.
He likes plums very much, so he often goes to Meihualing on the outskirts of Yangzhou to enjoy and write plums. Plum blossom is famous for its dense pistils and lush foliage. It is light, beautiful and elegant. At the age of 54, he was blind in his left eye, but he could still draw plums. At the age of 67, he was blind, but he could still write weeds.
To what extent can you master calligraphy and painting, so that you can be blind and not blind.
References:
People's Daily Online-Taking stock of the strangeness and beauty of "Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou"