Appreciation of Yuhu Spring Painting

This painting cuts off the middle part of prunes, runs through the center, stands tall and has a strange layout, which is different from the common composition of broken branches or whole trees. At first glance, it seems out of proportion to spread the branches with a large pen and hook the petals with a small pen, but in fact it shows the inner spirit of Mei Shugang's softness and ice muscle pride to the fullest. The leafy calyx is dense, interspersed with threads, flat and rich, "the shape is scattered but the spirit is not scattered." The mastery of ink painting is also handy. Writing skills with light ink full of moisture and moss removal with thick ink show Lao Mei's fierce character. The picture is beautiful and elegant, concise and concise; Pen and ink are elegant and clumsy, pure natural. From trunk modeling to pen and ink application, interest and taste are the most important, without losing the charm of literati painting. At the top right of the picture, there is a painter's self-title, in order to recall the situation of tribute powder dwarf plum rolls from Guanyuan to Danian Shaofu 50 years ago. Fang Xun's "Mountain Residence Graph Theory" says: "Painting is indispensable, painting in winter is indispensable, and new words are meaningful and wonderful." This shows that in Jin Nong's paintings, long topics are the characteristics of Jin Nong. It is his original font "lacquer book" that matches the elegance of the picture. This kind of flat pen is used for fonts, which is simple, bold, tender and old, and easy to be difficult. The seal cutting style of calligraphy and painting is highly unified, which constitutes the artistic world of Jinnong. As Qin said in "On Printing Paintings": "The peasants in Jinshoumen are broad-minded, neither humble nor humble, showing their legacy, and there is a strange ancient spirit that is unexpected-everyone really writes and writes."

Plum blossom, like lotus flower, is also the object of chanting and description by scholars in past dynasties. Jin Nong's plum painting is a must. Jiang wrote in the Collection of Wild Houses in East Qin: "There are many wild plums in winter, and the branches are as thin as thorns; Light ink and light flowers are clear, and Xiaosan has passed Wang and Xin. " Wang Mian and Xin Gong, great painters of plum painting in Yuan Dynasty, are considered to be inferior to Jin Nong in Little Three. As a matter of fact, Jin Nong himself once said that his plum blossom is made of the pink plum axis of France and the vertical plum axis of Wang Mian, which shows that he has benefited a lot from their paintings. This "Jade Pot Spring Color Map" was made by him for his fellow countryman Gong Xianglin. Spread and dye the generous old stems of ancient trees with light ink color and muddy brushwork to make them abrupt and upward, and insert three or five oblique branches beside them, which not only enriches the picture level, but also highlights the beautiful, innocent and lovely charm of childhood. In terms of techniques, he learned from the strengths of various schools and took part in his interest in Gu Zhuo's calligraphy style, making the whole picture boneless. Form a unique style of being as thin as a hungry crane, as bright as a bright moon and as tall as a dragon. Use this picture full of ancient incense to express the spirit of contempt for high standards and the attitude of leading an honest and clean life. While portraying Mei Ge, it is also a kind of self-portrayal. He once planted 30 old plum trees next to his residence, braving the phoenix and the snow and repeatedly trying to figure out the pros and cons and density of plum branches. I have also walked through the snow to check the wild plums on the river road, waving my hand in cold, in order to achieve the realm of "painting before freezing" This painting is one of his representative works of plum blossom, and the inscription is "Recommend Jinnong Painting in Hangjun County". Jin Nong's career was bumpy all his life, so he specially named it here. There are many elements of black humor.