Illustrations in Appreciation of China's Ancient Poetry and Prose

The composition of the whole painting is full, dense, bold and unconstrained, and the style is fresh and elegant, which seems to indicate the birth of a new life and has a strong upward trend. I saw two huge lotus leaves, outstanding and elegant. With the morning breeze proudly stretching their bones and muscles, an elegant and white lotus flower has quietly bloomed in the thin shadow of the lotus leaf; Two white and flawless lotus flowers flew out, and the buds gave birth to smart and fresh life, which was in bud. This extraordinary, vibrant and thriving beauty and significance is exciting and unforgettable. In particular, its skillful skills, sophisticated techniques, exquisiteness in simplicity, exquisiteness in free and easy, and significance in fluency are admirable and convincing. His pen is arrogant and holds the spirit of Ao Shuang; The building is naturally carried away and absorbs the essence of heaven and earth; The splash-ink is pure and elegant, and there is a natural and elegant god, which is amazing. Mr. Zhang Daqian, a master of modern Chinese painting, is even more "crazy about lotus". His lotus works are numerous. He often said, "Appreciating and painting lotus flowers will never get tired of it!" Zhang Daqian lived in Suzhou when he was young. The lotus pond in the yard became a good place for him to sketch. When he was 33 years old, he began to live in the Summer Palace in Beijing for five years. The plump lotus flowers in the Summer Palace pond made him more and more interested in painting lotus flowers. Because of his long-term relationship with lotus, he has a special preference for lotus. Zhang Daqian's love for lotus flowers shows that he never sticks to the mud, graceful Tingting floats from the water, and lotus leaves and elegant lotus roots often come into his picture. He thinks that the most difficult part of lotus is not the flower, but the stem, because once it is written, there is no turning back, and it will not be painted again. Zhang Daqian often sketches the lotus, but there are also many spectacular large-scale lotus works, such as the six-screen giant lotus he exhibited in the United States in 1963. When painting, these six ink lotus flowers have to be completely decided by Datong Studio. When mounting in Japan, the painting shop had to go through the workshop to mount the painting. These six lotus screens, usually 12 feet long and 24 feet wide, are made of