In the history of art in the late Qing Dynasty, Zhao Zhiqian is undoubtedly one of the most important artists. He was an innovative pioneer who followed the "Eight Monsters" with a unique painting style in the old conservative painting world, and made unremitting efforts in poetry, books, paintings and printing all his life, and finally became a generation of masters, giving a great influence to the painting world in the late Qing Dynasty.
His flowers are the most distinctive and recognizable, and with his unique knowledge and inspiration for plants, he has built a mountain that is difficult for future generations to climb in his short life.
Zhao Zhiqian (1829-1884)
The first word Yifu, the number Leng Jun
Later changed the word 挞 (huī) uncle,
No. Sorrowful Temple, Plum Temple, Wu Suan, etc
People from Shaoxing, Zhejiang
Famous calligrapher, painter and seal engraver of the Qing Dynasty
Zhao Zhiqian has been reading and writing since childhood, knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and once made a living from calligraphy and painting. He lost his mother at a young age, his youth was framed and bankrupt, and his middle-aged wife and daughter died of illness in the war, leaving only one daughter. Friends who also had the hobby of "Jin shi" also died one after another, mentor Miao Zizhan died in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom struggle, and his proud disciple Qian Shi died young.
The misfortune of the family and the departure of friends have made Zhao Zhiqian's life hang on the label of a bumpy fate, no relatives, no friends and no disciples, and only asthma accompanied him.
Under the lone lamp, he carved "I want not to be sad and sad."
Throughout Zhao Zhiqian's life, he stumbled and stumbled, experienced the world's hot and cold, sad and happy, but he dedicated himself to the world a rich and colorful world.
His painting subjects were untouched by previous painters. At the age of 33, in order to avoid war, he lived in wenzhou, where he saw novel flowers and seafood, such as sunflower trees, hydrangeas, iron trees, orchids, hundred lotuses, oleanders, cacti, evening primroses, etc., including daily vegetables, such as cabbage, radish, sweet potatoes, garlic heads, etc., which were the first to open such painting styles, which were also unmatched by previous generations of painters.
Colorful and vulgar is his color matching purpose, he opposes the use of color frivolity and carving, in his works, although the colors are extremely bright, colorful, but not vulgar, on the contrary, because of the strong color contrast, more and more full of spirit, full of vitality.
Zhao Zhiqian flower and bird painting appreciation