1, Zhao
Zhao (1829- 1884), the word? Uncle,no. Sad-boring, from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. He was a magistrate in Pan Yang, Fengxin and Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, and was later a "seven-grade official". He has profound attainments in calligraphy and seal cutting, and his style is simple and heavy. He is a master of freehand flower and bird painting. He changed the gentle style of painting in the late Qing Dynasty to tall, steep, vigorous and heavy, and absorbed the advantages of folk colors in color, making it light and gorgeous. This style of painting had a direct impact on Wu Changshuo.
2. Virtual Valley
Xu Gu (1824- 1896), formerly known as Zhu, was born in Xin 'an, Anhui. He was a member of the Qing court. Because he didn't want to suppress the Taiping rebels, he became a monk, lived in Yangzhou and painted in Shanghai. He is good at painting animals, flowers, fruits and vegetables. His painting style is elegant and fresh, especially goldfish and squirrels. Xu Gu has unique experience in artistic exaggeration and pen and ink processing.
Like goldfish, eyes are particularly big; Draw squirrel hair and rub it with a hard pen to highlight its fluffy stiffness; Painting flowers with a pen is implicit, and the interaction between color and ink is vivid.
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"Shanghai School", also known as "Shanghai School", is one of the most important painting schools in modern China, which was active in Shanghai from the middle of19th century to the beginning of 20th century. Its specific characteristics are: innovation on the basis of inheriting tradition, free genre and distinctive personality; Pay attention to learning and self-cultivation; Deeply connected with folk art, it can achieve both refined and popular tastes; Be good at drawing lessons from and absorbing foreign art; The works are symbolic, rich in connotation, colorful in shape and realistic.
From the content point of view, "Shanghai style" paintings are mostly flower-and-bird paintings, followed by figures, landscape paintings and miscellaneous themes. In the traditional sense, it is based on ancient poetry and other literary works, combined with western methods of comparison, structure and coloring. In the application of brushwork and ink method, it is simple and lively, pursuing artistic conception and slightly simplifying its form.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Shanghai Painting School (painting school type)