Mei Qing | His pen is a miracle fairy, and even Shi Tao is deeply influenced by him

It is not the ink-soaked large freehand that has the spirit of freehand, the same as the brush stroke and the small freehand, the freehand spirit is to accurately combine the characteristics of the object with its own situation to show the personality of the object and give it greater spiritual significance.

Today we appreciate the painting of everyone, is to play the freehand self-spirit to the extreme, he can according to different environmental themes in the pen and ink or part-time work belt writing, or bold freehand, the rich language of pen and ink, the long artistic conception of painting is rare in the world, he is Mei Qing.

As we all know, Shi Tao, Mei Qing, and Fang Yizhi all had a relatively high status in the painting world in the early Qing Dynasty, and they also had their own characteristics in their painting styles. Fang Yizhi did not have Shi Tao's wanton and indulgent brushstrokes, and Mei Qing's deep and deep was also rare in Shi Tao. Among the three, Fang Yizhi was thirty-two years older than Shi Tao, and Mei Qing was nineteen years older than Shi Tao.

In fact, when Shi Tao was not named, the Fang and Mei clans already had a reputation. Not only is the character of the Ershi clan, but also the artistic achievements are enough to compete with Shi Tao, but the influence of the art world is slightly better than Shi Tao. However, it is undeniable that whether it is the style of painting or the theory, Shi Tao has been influenced by Mei Qing.

Shi Tao had a long-term exchange of experience with Mei Qing in Xuancheng, and the early Shi Tao painting style can also be clearly seen to be influenced by Mei Qing. Even, Mr. Chen Chuanxi believes that Shi Tao's early paintings basically came from Mei Qing: majestic, bold, and vivid.

In Mr. Chen Chuanxi's summary of landscape painting in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the style of landscape painting is divided into three major factions, namely the Relic School, the Antique School and the Self School. The self-faction is represented by Mei Qing and Shi Tao. This school of painters theoretically strongly opposed antiquity and emphasized the self. And Mei Qing can be described as the pioneer of self-school and the forerunner of the freehand spirit.

Mei Qinghao wrote about the scenery of Huangshan Mountain, and he, along with Mei Geng, Shi Tao, and Dai Benxiao, were all known as the Huangshan Sect. Repeatedly going up to the Huangshan Mountains to see the smoke and clouds change, the wind surges and the waves, the silver waves rise and fall, the lan locks the peaks, the heart prints the hands, so that the ink color is pale, don't spare the wind, Wang Shizhen once inscribed a poem for him: "Who can paint pine and draw a dragon, and the scales and claws travel the void; Who can paint pine like a picture stone, stone bone is indeed pine mushroom. ”

He has climbed Huangshan twice, the first time between the ages of 49 and 50 in Meiqing, and the second when Meiqing was 68 years old. After two landings on Huangshan Mountain, writing about Huangshan and praising Huangshan became the most important part of his life. He found spiritual comfort in the process of admiring Huangshan, so he decided to pin his heart and art on Huangshan mountain, forming an artistic resonance with the wonders of Huangshan Mountain. Mei Qing, who was intoxicated by the scenery of Huangshan Mountain, gradually formed his own artistic language and expression in the process of sketching, showing the different faces of Huangshan in different periods.

His painting style was unique at the time, and was evaluated as "majestic and strange". Then "odd" seems to have become a label for Mei Qing's landscape painting style. Such a unique painting style also had its important significance in the painting world under the rule of the "Four Kings" antique painting style at that time. And its transparent and natural painting style is worth our careful taste.

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