Zheng Banqiao was born on November 22, 1693, died on January 22, 1765, at the age of 73; Guanshan Dongfan County, Weixian County Order, there is a political voice "to the hunger of the people to ask for relief, the big official, so begging for illness." "Before and after becoming an official, he lived in Yangzhou and made a living from calligraphy and painting. Poetry, words, good books, paintings. Poetry is disdainful of familiarity. He is good at painting flowers and wood stones, especially long orchid bamboo. The magic of the orchid leaf is waved with scorched ink, through the cursive writing in the middle of the vertical, long skimming, more is not chaotic, less is not sparse, out of the habit of the time, the show is wonderful. The book is also unique, with mixed affiliation and lettering, calling itself the "book of six and a half minutes". It is also practiced in the form of painting. Seal pen force Pu Gu Force Wen, Ho. He is the author of the Complete Works of Itabashi, which is engraved in handwriting. The paintings he made were sold and praised for a while. As one of the "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou", his poems, books and paintings are called "three absolutes", and he is good at painting orchids and bamboo. In his lifetime, Zheng Xie painted the most bamboo, followed by orchids and stones, but also painted pine painting chrysanthemums, and was a more representative literati painter in the Qing Dynasty.
In his lifetime, he only painted orchids, bamboo, and stones, and called himself "the orchid of the four hours, the bamboo of a hundred knots of evergreen, the undefeated stone of eternity, and the unchangeable person of thousands of years." His poetry, calligraphy and painting, known as the "Three Absolutes", was a representative literati painter of the Qing Dynasty. Representative works include "Xiuzhu XinhuangTu", "Qingguang Photography", "Lanzhu FangxinTu", "Gangu chrysanthemum spring map", "Conglan Thorn Diagram".
Zheng Banqiao works
Zheng Banqiao painted bamboo, "God is like a po gong, more is not chaotic, less is not sparse, get rid of the habits of the time, show the strength of the wonderful". The "Portrait Biography of Scholars of the Qing Dynasty" says that he spent two-thirds of his life writing portraits for the bamboo gods, and he also wrote poems: "For forty years, I painted bamboo branches, wrote nighttime thoughts during the day, and left thin and thin, and painted when I was born."
In addition to the most famous bamboo and stone paintings, Zheng Banqiao has many orchid-themed paintings, and self-inscribed poems on them, and the "Inscription Painting Orchid" at the beginning of the text is one of them. Paintings and poems are often used to express some new content, implying views on various things.
Some borrow the characteristics of orchids, revealing the chest of being a man who is not proud of victory, defeat, and a normal mentality; some borrow bushes of orchids, with some thorns in the natural phenomenon, lyrical gentleman can tolerate the generous temperament of villains; others express the humility of being humble, harmonious coexistence, tempered, and heroic, often benefiting the viewer a lot.
Looking at the Orchid Bamboo Stone painted by Zheng Banqiao and the inscription and painting poems, it is not difficult for us to see that the reason why he likes to paint the Orchid Bamboo Stone is just as he said: "The Orchid of the Four Hours, the Bamboo of the Hundred Festivals of Evergreen, the Stone of Undefeated in Eternity, the Unchangeable Person of Thousands of Autumns", and "The Four Beauty Also". "There are orchids and bamboo and stones, and there are knots and incense and bones." In his eyes, Lan Zhushi can represent people's characters such as indomitable, upright and selfless, tenacious, bright heart, and high character, so the words and sentences of his inscription poems are profound. It also reflects his own life's arrogant integrity as orchids, bamboo and stones.
Zheng Banqiao's works break through the barriers of traditional flower and bird painting, and his works are not "reproductions" of natural scenes, nor reproductions of the art of predecessors, nor pen and ink games far from life, but have a unique personality and innovative spirit. Therefore, since its works came out, they have been popular with people at home and abroad. It is not difficult to find that people's aesthetic standards like works with personality, artistic conception, innovation, and appeal, which enlightens us: only works with personality and innovation have unlimited vitality.
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