1. Han Huang
The first person to paint cows in the past was Han Huang, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. He was versatile, good at calligraphy, poetry, and good at painting figures and rural customs and scenes. As well as animals such as cattle, horses, sheep, donkeys, etc., his unique and unique masterpiece "Five Cows Pictures" shows the cows standing, walking, bowing their heads, raising their heads, looking back, etc.
The expression is so lifelike and vivid that Emperor Qianlong called it "a truly amazing Chunli". Zhao Mengfu, a master of calligraphy and painting in the Yuan Dynasty, praised it as "an upright and upright expression, a rare masterpiece in the world". Han Huang's "Five Cows" is the oldest existing paper painting and one of China's top ten famous paintings handed down from generation to generation. 2. Dai Song
Dai Song was another cattle painting master in the Tang Dynasty after Han Huang. Dai Song was a disciple of Han Huang. The difference between him and Han Huang was that Han Huang was good at painting oxen, while Dai Song was good at painting buffaloes. According to legend, Dai Song first learned from Han Huang about painting cows and learned the essence of his brushwork.
However, the style of the work could not escape the shadow of Han Huang, which made Dai Song very troubled. One day he accidentally saw two buffaloes cracking down on counterfeiting, and he suddenly became enlightened. From then on, he often went to the fields to carefully observe the various expressions of the buffaloes, and Taking buffalo as his painting subject, he eventually became an outstanding master of painting cattle.
The buffalo in Dai Song's works emphasize the muscles and bones, highlighting the wild dynamic, and have the reputation of "the beauty of wild muscles and bones". His most famous representative works include "Bullfighting Picture", "Cattle Herding Picture" and "Returning to Herding Picture" "wait. 3. Li Tang
Li Tang (1066-1150), a famous painter in the Southern Song Dynasty, was good at landscapes and figures, and was famous for his cow paintings. His painting style is vigorous, simple, vigorous and majestic, and together with Liu Songnian, Ma Yuan and Xia Gui, he is known as one of the "Four Great Masters of the Southern Song Dynasty".
The cows in his paintings are ingeniously composed. The cows, landscapes, landscapes and characters leap into the picture and complement each other, making the cows and characters vivid, lifelike and full of charm. His masterpieces of cattle paintings handed down from generation to generation include "Children Playing with Cows", "Spring Scenery with Cows", "Hundred Cows", etc. 4. Mao Yi
Mao Yi was also a famous painter in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was good at painting flowers, birds, bamboos, willows and animals. He was the court painter between Xiaozong's main roads. The cows in his paintings are honest, cute, lively and lively, and his paintings of cows handed down from generation to generation include "Picture of Herding Cows" and so on.
5. Xia Gui
Xia Gui is a famous painter in the Southern Song Dynasty. He is good at painting figures and landscapes. Together with Li Tang, Liu Songnian and Ma Yuan, he is known as the "Four Masters of the Southern Song Dynasty". His paintings of cattle are delicate and round in strokes, and his ink and wash are light and elegant. His handed down paintings of cattle include "Herding on a Snowy Stream" and so on.