What is fate, maybe it is the arrangement of fate, maybe it is the gathering and dispersion of life, or maybe it is the providence of the underworld. This landscape is the late Qing Dynasty painter Zhu Henian's "Meiying Book House", and in modern times this painting was collected by the Haipai painter Wu Hufan. Coincidentally, Wu Hufan's bookstore is called "Meiying Bookstore". What a wonderful fate, it is as if the previous generation of painters can predict the future and feel sorry for Wu Hufan.
There are three inscriptions in the painting, namely Zhu Henian's self-inscription, Feng Chaoran's inscription, and Wu Hufan's inscription. Through these words, you can sort out the creative intention and collection information of this painting. Feng Chaoran and Wu Hufan are good friends, and they often exchange painting skills together. As can be seen from the content of the inscription, Feng Chaoran is happy that his good friend has collected this masterpiece.
Zhu Henian Meiying Bookstore
After talking about the anecdotes of the painting in the process of collection, let's talk about the painting style of the painting. Zhu Henian was born during the Qianlong period and died of illness during the Daoguang years. When he was a child, his family was poor, and he practiced painting techniques in order to earn a living. In his youth, Zhu Henian went to Beijing to sell paintings for a living, made a lot of friends, and his life began to improve.
The history of painting says that he is new from the past, his painting style is free and free, and he has his own personality. It can be seen from the "Meiying Bookstore" that unlike other painters in terms of color, the colors are not only rich, but also rendered naturally, looking quite comfortable. In terms of aesthetic taste, Wu Hufan and Zhu Henian are confidants, although they did not live in the same period, but their painting styles are extremely similar. This is another layer of fate between them.
Zhu Henian Meiying Bookstore Partial
"Plum Shadow Bookstore" is created using green techniques and comes with gorgeous visual effects. Zhu Henian is mainly dyed, supplemented by moss dots, painting the atmosphere of spring mountain. In the painting, you can use two painting methods: water breaking color and water breaking ink, and rendering with a brush full of water dipped in color. When the color is not dry, it is rendered with a pen again, and it looks hazy, rich in layers and full of details.
Wu Hufan also likes to paint green landscapes and occasionally tries to create with a water pen. With so many coincidences put together, could Zhu Henian cross time and space and know that in half a century there would be a famous artist named Wu Hufan. Of course, there can be no such mysterious and mysterious factors, and the only explanation is that they are all famous masters of the ancients, and it is normal to have similar aesthetics in their creations.
Zhu Henian has traces of learning from Wu Li and Wang Yi in his creation, emphasizing that every stroke must have a history. This painting "Meiying Bookhouse" represents his understanding of the style of literati painting, so people feel familiar when they see it.
Simple and gorgeous, seemingly two extremes that cannot be taken into account, are unified by Zhu Henian in "Meiying Bookstore". The painting exudes a poetic beauty of elegance and subtlety, and when Wu Hufan received this painting, he was attracted by this beauty.
A painting that allows painters who cannot intersect have a connection across time and space. The fate in the painting makes Zhu Henian and Wu Hufan have the feeling of knowing each other.