Wu Daozi, born in Yangzhai (now Yuxian, Henan), is unknown. He was an outstanding painter in the Tang Dynasty, and his painting history was honored as Wu Sheng. He was given the name of Daoxuan by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and was called "painting sage" by later generations. Born in the era of Tang Gaozong, his painting activities took place during the reign of Xuanzong Kaiyuan and Tianbao (about the end of the 7th century and the beginning of the 8th century). People, ghosts and gods, birds and beasts, and Taiwan Pavilion are all the best in the world. Its artistic style is "vigorous brushwork" and "simple powder application", with rich lines and rich changes. It changed the ancient tradition of meticulous brushwork by You Simiao and developed the artistic method of line drawing. Therefore, it presents the image of "high edge and deep slope, rolling and fluttering", full of sense of movement and rhythm, and is called "the wind in the Five Dynasties". It also created a light color method of "slight dyeing in burnt ink marks", which is called "Wu Zhuang Xin Ge".
Huang (1269- 1354), a native of Changshu, Jiangsu, is a big idiot. He was adopted by Huang in Pingyang County, Yongjia Prefecture (now Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province) and was an outstanding painter in Yuan Dynasty. I was a petty official in middle age, and I was imprisoned for Zhang Lu's case. After I was released from prison, I lived in seclusion, converted to Quanzhen religion (that is, Neo-Taoism), and sent my feelings to the mountains and rivers. He often travels between Hangzhou, Songjiang and Yushan (Changshu) to preach and sell divination. Calligraphy, poetry, prose, verse and painting are all late. He began to create landscape paintings at the age of 50, and was influenced by Zhao Meng. In his temperament, some people say that he is "funny" and "can draw after drinking all his life". Drunk wine is dripping with ink. "In his later years, Huang lived a romantic life and often drank and had fun. In the middle and late Yuan Dynasty, Huang, Wang Meng, Zhenwu and Ni Zan made great contributions to the creation of landscape painting. He is highly respected in the history of painting and is called "Yuan Sijia".
Shen Zhou (1427— 1509) was born in Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu) and was an outstanding painter in the Ming Dynasty. He is honest, knowledgeable and versatile. He is good at literature, poetry and painting, and he is good at painting landscapes, flowers, birds, animals, insects and fish, all of which are extremely wonderful. Often casual embellishment, that is, interest. He also often writes poems on paintings. At that time, he was called "Mr. Erjue". Huang Daji and Zhenwu are painters, and they have developed their own brushwork. The painter Wen Zhiming and his students are called "Wu Pai". Together with Wen Zhiming, Tang Yin and Chou Ying, they are also called "Ming Si Jia". Every time he draws a picture, he puts pen to paper and daubs it, and will never tolerate it. He can imitate the ancients in many ways, plus his own creation, and even take part in the pen-using interest of two meters, and make good use of thick pens, which are round and powerful, rough and concise.
Tang Yin (1470- 1524), also known as Bohu, whose real name is Tang Yin, is just as famous as the master of Taohua Temple, an outstanding painter Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province) who abandoned Zen and lived in the land. I studied hard since I was a child, and I was brilliant. In the 11th year of Hongzhi (A.D. 1498), he was the first Xie Yuan in Tianfu, and was later called "the first gifted scholar in Jiangnan". At the age of 30, he was imprisoned for a lawsuit. Later, he was sent to Zhejiang as an official and traveled to famous mountains such as Kuanglu, Tiantai and Wuyi, selling paintings and products, which made him famous at that time. It is also called "Ming Sijia" with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhiming and Chou Ying. The first painter, Zhou Chen, followed Shen Zhou. Mountains and rivers, people, flowers and birds are all-encompassing. In particular, exquisite landscapes, ladies, gloomy styles and peculiar styles can all be innovated. In the Yuan Dynasty, Li Cheng, Fan Kuan, Li Tang, Liu Songnian, Ni Zan, Wang Meng, Huang and other brushstrokes were awarded. The pen and ink are delicate, moist, dense and charming. Therefore, some people say that he "attacked from afar, served as a partial teacher, and made friends with Shen Zhou, so he was able to sit for half a seat".
Wen Zhiming (1470- 1559) is famous for its walls, with clear figures, so it is changed to a strange mountain and stops gathering clouds. Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu) was an outstanding painter in the Ming Dynasty. Hanlin was awarded the imperial edict, so it was called "writing is the imperial edict". Smart and knowledgeable, poetry, calligraphy and painting are famous for a while. Painting Shen Zhou has both the brushwork of Wu and Huang. Painting landscapes, figures and flowers is excellent. Wen Ya's painting style is meticulous, his pen and ink are excellent, and he is full of charm. He is one of the representative figures of Wu Pai, together with Shen Zhou, Tang Yin and Ming Sijia. The rich brushwork has Shen Zhou's gentle and simple style and delicate and neat interest; Meticulous brushwork is taken from Wang Meng, with its light and rich structure and color tone, which is elegant. He is good at creating elegant and quiet artistic conception with fine pen, and can also show broad momentum with natural and unrestrained pen and ink. Painting characters with ink and flowers is skillful and elegant in style. When painting daffodils, we often know the method by ice white, and the flowers and leaves are detached to prepare for the beauty of nature.
Chou Ying (1498— 1552) is the real father, and his name is Zhou Shi. Taicang (now Jiangsu) was an outstanding painter in Ming Dynasty. Living in Suzhou for a long time. He started as a painter, then switched to painting and studied under Zhou Chen. Selling paintings for a living, good at antique, eclectic. The pastel is yellow paper, and the pen is messy. He is good at drawing figures, birds and animals, landscapes, buildings, boats and cars. They are all beautiful in beauty and beautiful in elegance. He adapted to the needs of landlords and wealthy businessmen at that time with a wide range of themes and neat and elegant style. Especially good at figure painting, creating a new style of historical customs. Beautiful and delicate painting, he is a teacher of contemporary figure painting. Painting mountains and rivers, like to set a big turquoise, light pen, profound artistic conception, unique works. He copied many ancient paintings and made great efforts on the paintings of Zhao Boju and Zhao.
Zhang Hong (1577— 1652), born in Wuxian (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), was an outstanding painter in Ming Dynasty. Good at painting landscapes and attaching importance to sketching, the brushwork is steep, the pen and ink are wet, the mountains are stacked, and the autumn valley is deep, which has the ancient meaning of Yuan people. His landscape painting is characterized by the combination of stone surface and dyeing, which is the backbone of Wumen painting circle in the late Ming Dynasty and is highly praised by Wuzhong scholars (recorded in Ming Hua Lu). He mainly studied Shen Zhou and Wen Zhiming, and caught up with Yuan Sijia, Mi Fei, Dong Yuan and Ju Ran. At the same time, he also learned his own style from the integration of Li and Guo in the Northern Song Dynasty and Li and Xia in the Southern Song Dynasty. Zhang Hong likes to visit famous mountains and rivers all his life, paying attention to foreign teachers' nature and absorbing painting nutrients, so as to broaden his creative horizons and realize the true meaning of art. The figure painting is sparse, beautiful in form and spirit, natural and interesting.
(1693— 1765) Xie, a native of Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, was an outstanding painter in the Qing Dynasty. Kangxi scholar, Yongzheng juren, the first year of Qianlong Jinshi. He lived in Yangzhou all his life and made a living by selling paintings. One of the eight eccentrics in Yangzhou. After learning, he worked as an official in Fanxian County, Henan Province and wei county City, Shandong Province. In order to ask the hungry people to be big officials and beg for illness. His poems, books and paintings are outstanding and independent, and he is known as the "three wonders" in the world. He is good at painting orchids, bamboos, stones, pines, chrysanthemums and other plants, among which bamboo painting has been more than 50 years and his achievements are the most outstanding. Every painting he draws must be inscribed with a poem, and the title must be excellent, so as to achieve the purpose of "picturesque image" and "poetic attack on painting", and poetry and painting can embody and infinitely expand the breadth of the picture.