Character introduction
Mei Qing (1623---1697), named Yuan Gong, also known as Qushan, was a native of Xuancheng, Anhui. He was born in the third year of Tianqi of Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty (1623) and died in the thirty-sixth year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1697). In the 11th year of Shunzhi (1654), he was elected as a scholar. He had friendly relations with Shi Tao and learned from each other's painting skills. Shi Tao's early landscape paintings were influenced by him to a certain extent, and his paintings of Huangshan in his later years were also influenced by Shi Tao. Therefore, Shi Tao and Mei Qing are both known as giants of the "Huangshan School". Mei Qing is famous for his paintings of Huangshan Mountain. He "captured the true feelings of Huangshan Mountain" and became a representative figure in the "Huangshan School of Painting" together with Shi Tao and Hongren. Modern painter He Tianjian commented in "Huangshan School and Huangshan": "Shi Tao gets the spirit of Huangshan, Meiqushan gets the shadow of Huangshan, and Jianjiang (Hongren) gets the quality of Huangshan." He is good at poetry and calligraphy, and has written "Tianyan Pavilion Collection", "Qushan Poems", and the painting "Huangshan Travel" volume. Artistic style
The subjects of Mei Qing's early paintings were only the landscape of his hometown and the customs of his hometown. At the age of 32, he began to devote himself to painting Huangshan. He repeatedly visited more than 100 scenic spots such as Tiandu, Lotus, Yunmen, Guangmingding, Wenshu Monastery, Lion Grove, Alchemy Platform, Futon Pine, and Xihaimen. He was deeply fascinated by the most amazing mountain in the world. From then on, he was full of passion among the wonderful and picturesque mountains and rivers, galloping freely, feeling nature with a poet's heart, and expressing nature with a painter's feelings. He not only wrote many popular and beautiful poems, but also painted countless paintings. Huangshan landscape paintings, with their steep and beautiful scenery, dramatic changes in clouds and mist, and endless artistic conception, have formed a strange relationship with Huangshan. He claimed that "after traveling to Huangshan, most of the writing and ink he wrote were from Huangshan."
Mei Qing was a master at painting Huangshan pine trees. People ranked the Huangshan pine trees he painted as divine products. "Xuancheng County Chronicle" said he was "good at painting theory, and the dark pine trees are particularly bizarre and majestic and graceful." , which has never been seen in recent times, and is precious to all connoisseurs at home"; "Wanya" said that he "is good at painting long pine trees, soaring and seizing them like a horned dragon, unstoppable; he buys treasures like treasures and seeks to spread them to the inner world"; "Silkworm" "The Last Sequel and Postscript" says that "Wanling Meiyuan Gong's pine painting is the best in the world."
Mei Qing’s paintings take real mountains and rivers as the source of creation, express the beauty of mountains and rivers, the noble character of the painter and the nation with full true feelings, profound accomplishments in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and superb artistic skills. of broad mind.
Mei Qing is also a person who values ??friendship and makes friends widely. He made many intellectuals, poets, calligraphers and painters throughout his life. He is open-minded and eager to learn, perseverant, unrestricted, and has deep affection for others. Among those who share the same goals, Shi Tao is the first to be praised. Shi Tao came to Xuanzhou many times, talked about poetry and painting in Tianting Pavilion where Mei Qing painted, and talked to each other. The two visited the Twin Pagodas and Aofeng together. Mei Qing wrote in "Shi Gong came from Huangshan to see Yijia's paintings and responded with a long song": "I write the clouds of Mount Tai, and the clouds fly towards the stone waves; the public writes the clouds of Huangshan, and goes to dye Quqing's clothes. The white clouds are always filling my eyes. , Yungen slowly returns to the spiritual realm. When I go to Dai Dian, my eyebrows are already blooming in Huangshan."
Mei Qing is a poet, calligrapher and painter. His paintings have had an important influence on the "Huangshan School" and "Xin'an School". His works are collected in the Palace Museum in Beijing and the Anhui Provincial Museum.
Mei Qing is good at landscapes, turquoise, and especially good at painting Huangshan Mountain. He said that "after traveling to Huangshan Mountain, most of the ink he wrote was about Huangshan Mountain." The ink flow is hearty and refreshing. The scenery is strange and dangerous, and the lines are twisted and full of movement. It is different from the more harsh and solemn painting style of Xin'an School. He went deep into Huangshan Mountain for a long time. Sketch more of the real scenery of Huangshan Mountain. Although he often claims to learn from the Yuan Dynasty, he has his own unique creations. His style is elegant and graceful, expressing the changing clouds and smoke in the mountains, as well as the many pines and green colors. I used cirrus clouds to give people a feeling of vastness. His "Album of Twenty-Four Scenes of Xuancheng" can be regarded as a life-long work. People say that his mountains and rivers are of the highest quality and his pines are of the highest quality. He also painted plum blossoms. The plum blossoms were painted with smoke and clouds falling, and the branches were very ancient. The "Mountains and Flowing Waters" scroll he painted when he was 72 years old is now collected in the Palace Museum in Beijing. The work's vigorous brushstrokes, smooth ink colors, chamfering techniques, and usage all bring out the charm of Shi Tao. Mei Qing's writings show skill in relaxation, seeking order in chaos, making the longitude and latitude bright and comfortable and smooth.
Mei Qing, Qing Dynasty, "Album of Landscape Scenes", collected by Tiandu Tower, Jinling.
Collection value
Nowadays, collectors mostly like Huangshan paintings. As a representative painter of the Huangshan School, Mei Qing’s works are more valued and the prices are very high. However, the range between high and low prices is also relatively high, with a difference of more than 20 times. , indicating that it is difficult to distinguish between authenticity and quality, and it is difficult to grasp the mixture of general products and fine products. When selling, collectors attach great importance to the condition of the product, causing the price to fluctuate. Generally speaking, the prices sold before 1990 were higher and after 1990 they were slightly lower. Memorial site
After his death, Mei Qing was buried on the streets of Xintian Town, Xuanzhou. The original tomb had collapsed. In January 1986, the Xuanzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture added more soil to it and built it 3 meters long and 3 meters high. 2 meters. The earthen tomb is 2.5 meters wide and contains a stele. It is 0.46 meters high and 0.31 meters wide. Related information
In 1987, the People's Government of Xuanzhou City announced the Meiqing Tomb as a key cultural relic protection unit at the municipal (county level);
In May 1998, the People's Government of Anhui Province *** The Mei Qing Tomb was announced as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.