Zhao Mengfu and Guan Daosheng were very famous couples in Yuan Dynasty. Zhao Mengfu (1254- 1322) is a native of Xing Wu (Huzhou, Zhejiang province), whose real name is Song Xue, a native of Song Xuedao, alias Ou Bo and Ou Boting. He used to be a Taoist in the Crystal Palace. Outstanding painters and calligraphers in Yuan Dynasty occupy an extremely important position in the history of China fine arts. Zhao Mengfu, a descendant of Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu, was the assistant minister of Song Dynasty and the seventh son of Zhao Jupo, the magistrate of Lin 'an. When Kublai Khan founded the Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu was only 22 years old. Due to the decline of the country, Zhu Yijun's son has become a common people, and only he can understand the taste. Since then, Zhao Mengfu has been immersed in reading, writing and painting. Later, the official doctor recommended him to be the editor of Hanlin, but Zhao declined. The following year, he accepted the recommendation of Cheng Wenhai, a Han official in Yuan Dynasty, and took his wife Guan Daosheng on the road of Qingyun. Zhao Mengfu came to Dadu with more than 20 knowledgeable people, and was summoned by Kublai Khan of Yuan Shizu. Zhao Mengfu was very appreciated by Kublai Khan. Later, Zhao was appointed as a training doctor, and later was promoted to a doctor of the Ministry of War and a bachelor's degree in Jixian County. While in Yuan Renzong, he was awarded the position of academician, gave lectures to the emperor, and was responsible for drafting letters patent. Now, Zhao is more favored and awarded the title of Dr. Rong Lu, a contemporary product, and his wife Guan Daosheng is also awarded the title of Mrs. Wei. When Zhao Mengfu died at the age of 68, Yingzong made him Wang Wei. It can be said that Zhao's life was "brilliant in the Five Dynasties and famous in the world".
Guan Daosheng's Ink Painting Apricot Flowers
Zhao Mengfu has profound attainments in poetry, calligraphy, painting and music, especially in painting and calligraphy. In painting, Zhao Mengfu put forward the viewpoint of "respecting the past and restraining the present", urging people to learn more from China's excellent traditional painting. His works are wonderful in color, ink and wash, meticulous brushwork and scale. His landscape paintings are from Dong Yuan and Li Cheng, and his figures and pommel horses are from Li Gonglin. In particular, Zhao Mengfu appropriately applied the brushwork of calligraphy to painting, creating a brand-new form of literati painting and opening up a new road in the history of China painting. Representative works include Quehua Autumn Color Map, Lohan in Red, Water Town Map, Drinking Horses in Autumn Suburb, Horse Map of Zhao III, Dead Branches and Bamboo Stone Map, etc. Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy achievements are extremely high. Seal cutting, writing brush, division, official script, original works, running script and cursive script are all excellent works. He wrote many inscriptions, and his brushwork was mellow and elegant, so he was called "Zhao Ti" by the world. There are many books handed down from ancient times, such as Ode to Luoshen, Classic of Tao Te Ching, Danba Monument, Four-body Money Wen Zi, Huang Lin Listening to Classics and so on.
Zhao Mengfu's Dead Branches and Bamboo Stones
Zhao Mengfu's wife, Guan Daosheng (1262- 13 19), is a talented woman, proficient in calligraphy, painting and poetry, and has the reputation of "the first talented woman in Yuan Dynasty". Guan Daosheng is one of the most famous female painters in the history of painting in China. There are not many works handed down from generation to generation, such as Zhu Mo Map. Her calligraphy is also very famous, and she is good at running script, which is highly respected by future generations. In 2004, Beijing Hanhai published Guan Daosheng's embroidery work "The Picture of Eighteen Venerable Masters". According to legend, in the third year of Yuan Chengzong Dade (1299), Guan Daosheng converted to Zen master Zhongfeng, lived in a temple and wrote scriptures, embroidering sixteen * * * pictures for the temple. Some experts believe that this embroidery painting has three unique skills: first, excellent powder, second, superb embroidery skills, and third, excellent decoration. After the work was launched by Hanhai, it attracted great attention from collectors all over the world. After the auction, it triggered a fierce competition among buyers from all walks of life. Many buyers rushed to win, and finally clinched a deal at a sky-high price of 6.5438+0.98 million yuan, setting the first highest price for Chinese embroidery. However, Zhao Mengfu's works appear more frequently in the market than his wife's, and the price remains high. "Hui Lan Tu" was auctioned by Christie's in 2000 for HK$ 654.38+03794700, landscape figures by Red Sun in 2005 and Luan Ju Tu by Sotheby's in Hong Kong in 2008. The price of Zhao's calligraphy is not lower than that of painting, which is tens of millions of yuan. For example, in 2004, his book Heart Sutra was sold at Sotheby's in new york for $65,438+0,965,438+0,000. In 2008, less than 2 square meters of "style posts" were sold at Changfeng auction for 9.576 million yuan; 20 10 Zhao Mengfu's album "Goddess of Luo" (130 1) was sold at Guardian auction for 80.08 million yuan. ?