The freehand of the Bada Shanren: the song of the soul in the ink rhyme. With his freehand paintings with few ink spots but full of affection, he has left a valuable artistic wealth for future generations, showing extraordinary artistic charm and profound ideological connotation.
The painting style of Bada Shanren is unique, and its freehand technique with few ink spots depicts a rich art world with the most concise brush and ink. His paintings are not simply copying objective things, but through deep insight into life and unique inner perception, he transforms, exaggerates and refines what he sees, thus creating his own unique art form. This art form is not only a transcendence of reality, but also a true presentation of the inner world.
In terms of composition, Bada Shanren emphasizes strangeness, danger and emptiness, winning more with less, and the pen is concise and concise. He skillfully uses the spatial layout to make the picture full of tension and rhythm. He is good at using the rolling pen, turning the pen, using the pen with the ink to dry and wet, sowing for the natural sound. In his paintings, large blank spaces and concise brushwork can often be seen contrasting with each other, creating an ethereal and profound artistic conception. This composition not only shows his superb painting skills, but also reflects his unique pursuit of artistic realm.
Most of the subjects of Bada Shanren's paintings come from what he sees in daily life, but he can dig out profound connotations and meanings from them. Through the depiction of common themes such as flowers and birds, landscapes, etc., he expresses his thoughts and perceptions of life and the world. In his works, a lonely bird, a withered flower, and a silent landscape all seem to carry his innermost emotions and thoughts. These seemingly ordinary subjects have a different kind of brilliance under his pen, and have become a powerful carrier for him to express his thoughts and emotions.
Bada Shanren is a great artist with a deep experience in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and he clearly knows that the realm of painting should be high and ancient. He was far away from the five generations and Xu Xi, and recently took the technical characteristics of Ni Yunlin, Lin Liang, Lu Ji and Xu Qingteng, and focused on the big and high places. His works not only integrate the artistic essence of his predecessors, but also integrate his own unique understanding and perception of life. What he pursues in painting is not only the beauty of form, but also a kind of spiritual transcendence and sublimation.
Bada Shanren's works contain a wealth of emotional expressions. In that era full of bondage and repression, he used the brush as a weapon, trying to break through the cage of reality and find the freedom of the mind. His paintings often reveal a kind of otherworldly atmosphere, as if to tell people that the prosperity and hustle and bustle of the world are fleeting, and only inner peace and freedom are eternal pursuits. His loneliness, his grief, and his helplessness all flow between his brushstrokes, allowing the viewer to feel his heart that has endured vicissitudes but is still burning while appreciating his works.
The freehand painting of the Bada Shanren is not only an innovation in art form, but also a kind of spiritual sustenance and emotional catharsis. He uses simple pictures with few ink spots to convey rich and complex thoughts and emotions, allowing the viewer to feel his heart that has been through vicissitudes but is still burning while appreciating his works. His innovative spirit not only injected new vitality into the art world at that time, but also provided valuable inspiration and reference for later generations of artists.
In addition, the Bada Shanren also have outstanding achievements in the combination of calligraphy and painting. In his later years, he experimented with painting as a book, integrating the humor, vitality and childishness of painting into the lines of calligraphy, making his calligraphy melodious, lovely, humorous and interesting. At the technical level, he is good at infiltrating the characteristics of freehand painting and spatial graphics into calligraphy, so that the brush of calligraphy has reached the point of perfection. This unique innovation makes his artwork more complete and attractive.
In short, the freehand works of the Bada Shanren are not only unique in their painting techniques, but also have a profound influence on emotional expression and artistic innovation.
Graphic Contribution / Rainbow Art Space
Written by Hiroki