Zhang Shiyuan is a famous painter in modern times, born in Wujin, Jiangsu Province. Zhang Shiyuan settled in Shanghai as an adult and was classified as a painter of the sea. If you want to be more realistic, his painting style is closer to the Beijing-Tianjin school, but in the use of color, there is a Shanghai style. Of course, many schools of chinese painting refer to the place where the painter lives, not to the painting style. However, due to the geographical proximity of painters, it is easier to produce similar styles. Zhang Shiyuan's style is changeable, and he is a master of painting. Tang Feng Song Yun, Yuan Ren Ye Yi, Ming and Qing Fusion, these paintings are characterized by the era characteristics reflected in his works.
His pen is delicately crafted, and the picture has a strong decorative interest, which looks beautiful. He does not reject the beauty of form, and many details in the painting are full of literati aesthetic taste. For example, the lush atmosphere presented in the painting should be dyed first with a light ink fine brush, then rendered, and finally dyed. According to this creative process, half a month has passed. Without patience, you can't paint such a work, and you can't paint this taste without the ability. Ordinary people only see the beauty in Zhang Shiyuan's paintings, but insiders see his rigor and seriousness in creation.
These landscape paintings involve several forms such as green, ink, light, colored ink, and boneless. Zhang Shiyuan's work involves almost all forms of landscape painting. Many admirers will ignore this detail, taking it for granted that painting, since they can paint, can do whatever they want and wield freely.
In fact, painters face a new form of creation and also need to learn. It's just that painters with solid techniques will learn faster. Only diligent can be as comprehensive as Zhang Shiyuan. As for painting a quaint and elegant charm, it takes a little talent.
Learning to paint requires talent, such as painting landscapes in the same corners. Mountains, trees, floating clouds, flowing water, figures, how to arrange in the painting, how to determine the color tone, how to make the pen and ink full of expressiveness... Countless problems need to be solved one by one in the creation. Maintain the tone of the whole painting, but also clarify the theme of the work, and balance the composition with poetic language. Without talent, it is difficult to complete this series of creative processes by hard work alone.
Zhang Shiyuan's talent is also reflected in his special sensitivity to color. Traditional Chinese painting has a lot of wonderful exposition on brushwork, and there is a lack of systematic induction of the use of color. Zhang Shiyuan borrowed some watercolor painting methods in color, thin painting and light dyeing, paying attention to light and shade. For example, the outer contour of the distant mountain appears to be a little brighter, and the outer outline of the nearby mountain is a little darker, and the two are contrasted and have a clear spatial relationship.
Zhang Shiyuan likes to paint strange stones with beautiful colors. Obviously, he likes to express his chest straight, discover beauty, and express beauty. This directness gives his works a sense of undressed beauty. Undressed, also known as undressed majestic. The word comes from Zhuangzi, which originally meant unfettered, god idle. Looking at the landscape in the painting, you can taste this meaning. Zhang Shiyuan elevates the artistic conception of his works to philosophical ideas, revealing the natural connection between aesthetics and philosophy.
Excellent works have a commonality, how to look good, how to exaggerate is not excessive. What is the root of beauty? Many people have thought about this question, and the ancients felt that the root of beauty was the "Tao". Tao, philosophical and artistic. Beauty arises from intuitive feelings and can be interpreted by objective criteria. Looking at the solid brushwork in the painting, it is an objective standard. Looking at the colors of Chinese beauty is a subjective feeling. Zhang Shiyuan used brushwork to match the colors and painted a fascinating and beautiful landscape.
Zhang Shiyuan had excellent personal relations with famous painters such as Zhang Daqian and Jiang Hanting, and they often exchanged creative experiences together. The expression of Yanlan in the painting is very similar to Zhang Daqian's technique of painting the landscape in Shu. Perhaps, this is the work after the exchange of techniques.
Talented, creatively diligent, painting style and customs are appreciated together, such a painter who does not love, such a work who does not love. Admire the landscape paintings of Zhang Shiyuan, as if dreaming back to Taoyuan, feel the profundity of traditional culture.