Shi Tao (1641 ~ about 1707), commonly known as Zhu, was a native of Guilin, Guangxi. A descendant of Zhu Shouqian, king of Jingjiang in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Hengjiazi. After 1645, he cut his hair and became a monk, with the legal name Yuanji and a yuanji. The small characters A Chang, the character Shi Tao, the big di zi, the small passengers, the Qing Xiang remnants, the blind Venerables, the zero Ding old man, the bitter melon monk, etc. Good at flowers, vegetables and fruits, orchids and bamboo, part-time workers, especially good at landscapes. His painting power advocates "searching for the Qifeng to play the draft", contrary to the antique style of the time, his painting composition is novel, the pen and ink are majestic and longitudinal, the drenching is smooth, and the quiet atmosphere is in the momentum and boldness, and the face is unique. Calligraphers are assigned to the division and are good at poetry. Together with Hongren, Jia Ren, and Zhu Yun, they were known as the "Four High Monks of the Early Qing Dynasty". Shi Tao was one of the most creative and outstanding painters of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and made unique contributions to the art of painting, becoming a master painter of the Qing Dynasty.
Shi Taogong poetry, good calligraphy and painting. His paintings are good at landscapes and landscapes, and he also works on orchids and bamboo. Its landscape is not limited to a certain school, but a wide range of teachers have been taught by the masters of the past generations, changing the traditional brush and ink techniques, paying attention to the creation of the teacher method, drawing the source of creation from nature, and perfecting the expression technique. The brushwork of the work is smooth and dignified, soft and clumsy, especially long than moss, dense, split head cover, colorful; with ink thick and light dry and wet, or pen simple ink light, or thick and moist, full of changes; composition novelty, or panoramic scene grand, or local close-up, the scene is prominent, endless change. The painting style is novel and strange, vigorous and unrestrained, vertical and horizontal, and full of business. Its flowers, birds, orchids and bamboo are also informal, self-lyrical, crisp and sharp, dripping and clear, and very personal. Shi Tao's paintings, which were famous in the world at that time, because he feasted on the famous mountains and rivers, "searched for Qifeng and drafted", forming his own unique style of desolation and wantonness. Shi Tao is good at using ink methods, dry and wet, thick and light, especially likes to use wet pens, through the infiltration of ink and the fusion of pen and ink, showing the meteorological and profound state of mountains and rivers. Sometimes the ink is very thick, the ink is dripping, and the sense of space is strong. He is flexible in his technique. Or a thin pen outline, rarely scratched; or a thick line hook, wrinkle points are used together. Sometimes the pen is smooth and fluent, and sometimes the pen is clumsy in many ways, and the combination of squares and circles is clumsy.
Shi Tao is known as "the first person in the 300 years since the Qing Dynasty". When he was alive, the name of the painting had spread all over the world. In the contemporary art market, Shi Tao's works are even more popular, and their influence even spread overseas. On October 8, 1995, the hand scroll of Shi Tao's "Bamboo stone map" launched by China Guardian Autumn Auction reached 4.73 million yuan in one fell swoop, which was equivalent to a sky-high price at that time. Since entering the 21st century, China's art auction industry has developed rapidly, and Shi Tao's works are no exception. On October 2, 2005, Zhejiang Haohan launched Shi Tao's "Bamboo stone diagram" vertical axis, which sold for a high price of 19.25 million yuan, making the auction price of Shi Tao's works exceed the 10 million yuan mark for the first time. In the auction hall in 2009, the contemporary art section was completely green, so collectors have set their sights on ancient calligraphy and paintings that have been precipitated over time and have a stable value.
In this context, Shi Tao's Shi Tao Gong poetry, good calligraphy and painting. His paintings are good at landscapes and landscapes, and he also works on orchids and bamboo. Its landscape is not limited to a certain school, but a wide range of teachers have been taught by the masters of the past generations, changing the traditional brush and ink techniques, paying attention to the creation of the teacher method, drawing the source of creation from nature, and perfecting the expression technique. The brushwork of the work is smooth and dignified, soft and clumsy, especially long than moss, dense, split head cover, colorful; with ink thick and light dry and wet, or pen simple ink light, or thick and moist, full of changes; composition novelty, or panoramic scene grand, or local close-up, the scene is prominent, endless change. The painting style is novel and strange, vigorous and unrestrained, vertical and horizontal, and full of business. Its flowers, birds, orchids and bamboo are also informal, self-lyrical, crisp and sharp, dripping and clear, and very personal. Shi Tao's paintings, which were famous in the world at that time, because he feasted on the famous mountains and rivers, "searched for Qifeng and drafted", forming his own unique style of desolation and wantonness. Shi Tao is good at using ink methods, dry and wet, thick and light, especially likes to use wet pens, through the infiltration of ink and the fusion of pen and ink, showing the meteorological and profound state of mountains and rivers. Sometimes the ink is very thick, the ink is dripping, and the sense of space is strong. He is flexible in his technique. Or a thin pen outline, rarely scratched; or a thick line hook, wrinkle points are used together. Sometimes the pen is smooth and fluent, and sometimes the pen is clumsy in many ways, and the combination of squares and circles is clumsy.