Zhao Mengfu’s works include: "Drinking Horses in the Autumn Suburbs", "Scenery of Beautiful Rocks and Sparse Forest", "Ode to the Goddess of Luo", "Autumn Colors of Magpie Flowers", "Reconstruction of the Three Gates of Xuanmiao Temple", etc.
1. "Drinking Horses in the Autumn Suburbs"
"Drinking Horses in the Autumn Suburbs" is a color and color painting on silk created by the Yuan Dynasty painter Zhao Mengfu. It is now collected in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
This work depicts the scene of wranglers herding horses in the wilderness in early autumn. There are more than a dozen horses of different shapes in the picture, with fat and strong bodies and different postures. Some are drinking water by the river, some are chasing each other and playing, and some are raising their heads and roaring. It is a cheerful and lively scene. The trees on the shore are delicate and unique, and the river is gentle and waveless, showing the picturesque beauty of Jiangnan.
2. "Picture of Beautiful Rocks and Sparse Forest"
"Picture of Beautiful Rocks and Sparse Forest" is an ink-and-ink painting on paper created by the Yuan Dynasty painter Zhao Mengfu. It is now collected in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
This painting depicts ancient wood and new bamboos growing between beautiful rocks on a flat slope. The rocks are painted with the flying white method, and the trees are painted with seal calligraphy. They are expressed purely with ink. It is the author's theory of "the same origin of calligraphy and painting" in his painting practice. concrete embodiment. The whole picture is filled with sparse boulders, lush bamboo leaves, and dead trees, creating a natural atmosphere of literati.
3. "Luo Shen Fu"
"Luo Shen Fu" is a running calligraphy work created by the calligrapher Zhao Mengfu in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty. Zhao Mengfu wrote "Luo Shen Fu" many times, and there are many versions handed down from generation to generation, but two of them are fully preserved and exquisite, and they are collected in the Palace Museum in Beijing and the Tianjin Museum respectively. The writing style of "Luo Shen Fu" is pure and round, the structure is rigorous and charming, and the composition is peaceful and unrestrained.
4. "Autumn Colors of Magpie Flowers"
"Autumn Colors of Magpie Flowers" was painted by Yuan Dynasty painter Zhao Mengfu for his friend Zhou Mi when he returned to his hometown of Zhejiang in the first year of Yuanzhen (1295). Ink and color landscape painting on paper, now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei. The Autumn Colors of Quehua depicts the autumn scenery in Huabuzhu Mountain and Queshan Mountain in northeastern Jinan. The painting is clear and tranquil, showing a quiet and leisurely pastoral flavor. The composition is composed from a flat distance, and is rendered with a variety of colors. The virtual and the real complement each other, and the brushwork is chic and rhythmic.
5. "Xuanmiao Guan's Reconstruction of Three Gates"
"Xuanmiao Guan's Reconstruction of Three Gates" is a calligraphy work created by Zhao Mengfu, a calligrapher of the Yuan Dynasty. The paper version is now collected in the Tokyo National Museum, Japan. The stone carving based on it is located in the Zhengshan Gate of Xuanmiao Temple in Suzhou.