Traveling in Xishan Mountains Traveling in Xishan Mountains Northern Song Dynasty Fan Kuan's silk ink pen height 206.3 cm, width 103.3 cm Taipei National Palace Museum
Mi Fu once made this about Fan Kuan's painting style Description: "Fan Kuan's mountains and rivers are as dense as Hengdai. There are many fronts in the distant mountains, and they are folded and folded. The top of the mountain is densely forested, and the water is surrounded by large rocks. The streams and mountains are deep and empty, and the water seems to have a sound. The elegance of the objects is due to Li Cheng. "No one in this dynasty has ever surpassed him. He used too much ink in his later years, and although it is majestic, it is as dark as a dusk, and the earth and rocks are indistinguishable." It feels very appropriate. Therefore, connoisseurs and art historians have always believed that this painting is an authentic work by Fan Kuan. In recent years, the discovery of the two characters "Fan Kuan" in the grass industry under the tree in the painting has further confirmed this point.
From the perspective of composition, this painting should belong to an ordinary realm, but it has produced extraordinary power. The first reason is the majestic shape, and the second is the smooth and thick pen and ink. This picture was collected by the Imperial Household of the Qing Dynasty and recorded in the "First Collection of Shiqu Shiji".
"Travel to Streams and Mountains" is Fan Kuan's masterpiece and a masterpiece in the history of Chinese painting. The first impression this work gives people is that it is majestic and majestic. Giant peaks stand on the wall, almost filling the picture. There are dense trees on the top of the mountain, waterfalls flowing down the mountainside, and huge rocks at the foot of the mountain, making the whole work intricate and complex. A group of business travelers appeared on the mountain road, and a stream flowed by the roadside. It was the waterfall flowing down the mountain, which made the viewer hear the sound of water, people, and mules and horses, which also highlighted the theme of traveling in mountains and rivers.
Fan Kuan outlines the outline of the mountain and the veins of the stone patterns with vigorous and cold brushstrokes, and uses thick ink to depict the majestic, majestic and majestic Qinlong Mountains. This large, vertical work is not only rich in layers, solemn and thick in ink, but also extremely beautiful. The whole picture is impressive and makes people feel as if they are actually there. The cliffs approaching take up two-thirds of the entire picture. This is looking up from a high mountain, where people look up and see that the mountain is above their heads. In front of such majestic nature, people seem so small. At the bottom of the mountain, there is a small road, and a group of caravans slowly walks into people's field of vision - giving people a dynamic musical feeling. The sound of cavalry bells gradually enters the picture, and the mountain stream and the gurgling stream echo. There is stillness in movement, and there is movement in stillness. This is poetic! The poetry is slowly revealed in every movement and silence, as if the sound of the cavalry can be heard slowly coming from the foothills, and then passing by in front of you.
The good thing about "Travel in Streams and Mountains" is that the still picture has a sense of movement, while the painting of space art has a feeling of time art. Facing this ancient painting from more than a thousand years ago and appreciating the intoxicating artistic conception in the painting, how can one not express heartfelt admiration.
When you open "Travel to Streams and Mountains", you will see a big mountain standing in front of you. Along with the mountains and rivers, there are many inscriptions from collectors, and these inscriptions become the unveiling of famous paintings. The only clue that has been passed down for thousands of years.
The seal and color of this "treasure of royal books" square seal have obvious characteristics of the Song Dynasty. It can be seen that this famous painting was once collected in the imperial palace of the Northern Song Dynasty. As the Jin soldiers went south and the Northern Song Dynasty fell, a large number of treasure paintings in the palace began to be scattered among the people, including Fan Kuan's "Traveling in Streams and Mountains".
Fan Kuan developed Jing Hao's Northern Landscape Painting School and was able to create his own unique approach. Therefore, the people of the Song Dynasty ranked him alongside Guan Tong and Li Cheng as "the three schools of thought that set the course for generations." Later generations collectively referred to Fan Kuan, Li Cheng, and Dong Yuan as the "Three Song Schools". Later, the "Four Schools of Yuan Dynasty", Tang Yin of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the "Jinling School" of the Qing Dynasty and modern Huang Binhong and other masters were all influenced by Fan. The influence of wide painting style.
During the Song and Yuan dynasties, master painters all took Fan Kuan's paintings as models. Li Tang in the early Southern Song Dynasty, and later Ma Yuan, Xia Gui, and Ni Yunlin and Wang Meng in the Yuan Dynasty all praised Fan Kuan's painting style.
Almost all famous painters, when talking about the miraculous expressiveness of Fan Kuan’s landscape paintings, all agree that “Fan Kuan’s paintings, when viewed from a distance, cannot leave the seat.” Fan Kuan’s paintings, when viewed from a distance, Gives people an immersive feeling.
Zhao Mengfu, a famous calligrapher and painter of the Yuan Dynasty, believed that Fan Kuan's "paintings of mountains all depict the majestic power of Qin and Long. The large pictures are broad and the mountains are compelling, and they are truly masterpieces in ancient and modern times."
Continuing to look at the painting, you will find the second imperial square seal. This seal of "Treasure of Imperial Books" was specially used for collection by Emperor Qianlong.
The majestic mountain peaks, lush forests, and abrupt boulders depict the majestic natural scenery; the small carrying teams of merchants on the mountain roads also show the pulse of human life and the life activities of nature and human beings. in harmony