Who are the painters who study Dong Qichang now?

In the previous generation, there were many masters such as Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing and Mi Fei. Dong Qichang (1555- 1636), a great calligrapher in the late Ming Dynasty, was born in Shanghai County (now Maqiao, Minhang District, Shanghai) and later moved to Huating (now Songjiang District, Shanghai). In the seventeenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, he was a scholar, and was edited by the Hanlin Academy. He was an official of the Nanjing Ritual Department. He was a teacher of Zhu Changluo in the Ming Dynasty and was called "Wen Min" after his death. Dong Qichang, like Zhao Mengfu, was a figure who dominated the art history of China for hundreds of years, and was also the most outstanding cultural master in ancient Shanghai. It is more suitable for Shanghai Museum to hold Dong Qichang exhibition.

In the order of Dong Qichang's creation time, this exhibition is divided into four periods: the traditional period of bloody battles (before the age of 50), the formation period of inclusive style (565,438+0-62 years old), the mature period (63-72 years old) and the naive period of the old man and the book (73-82 years old). The exhibits include the earliest paintings handed down from generation to generation (Fan, painted at the age of 35) to the last painting (Xisuo Song Shanshui, painted at the age of 82), spanning 48 years, covering as much as possible the representative works of each period, such as the early Eight Scenes Book, the middle Painting and Calligraphy Book and the Eight Scenes Book in Autumn.

Masters are all developed on the basis of predecessors. Dong Qichang's calligraphy is excellent, inheriting and carrying forward the traditions of many masters of the previous generation, such as Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing and Mi Fei, who went in and out of Jin and Tang Dynasties. Dong Qichang's handwriting was bad from the beginning. He wrote in "Sketching Zen Room": "I studied calligraphy at the age of seventeen. First of all, my family's Zhong Zibo is famous for his biography, and he tried in the county with Yu. Hongxi, the county magistrate in Jiangxi, has more books than others, ranking second. Naturally, I began to get angry. At first, there were many pagodas on Yan Plain. Although Dong Qichang was talented when he was young, he came second because of his poor handwriting, which had a great influence on his artistic career. He attached great importance to calligraphy, not only practiced calligraphy hard, but also integrated the artistic conception of calligraphy into painting, thinking that calligraphy is higher than painting, and painting should be on an equal footing with calligraphy. This can be seen from a detail: the ancients were famous for their words, and their names were higher than words. Dong Qichang wrote the name Dong Qichang in calligraphy, but Dong Xuanzai in painting.

One of the highlights of this special exhibition is the display of many precious ancient works reflecting the artistic origin of Dong Qichang. The first part of the special exhibition is called "Learning from the Ancient". Dong Qichang himself was an ancient man 400 years ago. In his eyes, ancient calligraphy and painting are naturally masterpieces of Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties. And this time, he borrowed a few rare treasures that spread overseas, so that researchers can see them without crossing the ocean. It's really hard to get.