Chen Hongshou is a fan girl
In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, when there were frequent wars, officials were corrupt, and the economy collapsed, the literati and doctors could not exert their ambitions, and the pain had nowhere to go, so they put their poetry and wine on sound and color, and wrote poems and paintings to vent their inner feelings.
Chen Hongshou, a famous artist of the generation in Fengqiao, Zhejiang, was one of the most representative painters at that time, on the one hand, he was extremely serious about the path of fame and fame, and he was depressed and indignant for not having ambitions; on the other hand, he was a "alcoholic and a prostitute", who was wild and indulgent, but still had a beautiful bone.
Chen Hongshou (1599~1652) was a famous calligrapher, painter and poet in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Zi Zhanghou, young name Lotus, a Xu'an, old lotus, late old late, regret late, also known as repentant monk, Cloud Gate monk. His works are absurd and affectionate, and Mr. Lu Xun highly respects them, believing that "Lao Lian's paintings are masterpieces of a generation".
The prostitute asked for a painting and happily agreed
Chen Hongshou was as idle as intended
It is said that Chen Hongshou is "a good woman in life, and non-women never drink; when they sleep at night, non-women are not allowed to sleep." What's more exaggerated is that lust has also become the catalyst for his art, and whenever a prostitute asks him to paint, he always responds happily. It was said that "whoever desires his paintings, he asks for them from prostitutes." This means that if you want to collect or buy Chen Hongshou's works, then go to the brothel he often visits!
Chen Hongshou to the Mirror Lady Figure Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts Collection
At the age of twenty-three, on the shore of the beautiful West Lake, Dong Feixian, a beautiful and flower-like prostitute, rode a delicate peach blossom horse and carried the high-quality silk she cut by hand, found Chen Hongshou and begged to paint a lotus flower for her. Chen Hongshou readily agreed. Later, he even dreamed of this soul-destroying beauty, so he wrote a poem "Dreaming of the Former Prostitute Dong Xiangxiu": Chang'an dreamed of Dong Xiangxiu, still peach blossoms immediately petite. After getting drunk, the clouds are thousands of miles away, and they should follow the moon to Dingxiang Bridge.
Drinking to celebrate birthday
Dingxiang Bridge is between the Yingbo Bridge and suolan Bridge of Su Causeway, and the west is connected to Huagang To see fish, which still exists today. From the title of the poem and the tone of the poem, it seems that after Dong Feixian begged for painting, there was a beautiful love affair between the two.
Drunken gaffe, stalking beauty
Ming Chen Hongshou Rafting Fuqin Diagram
At the age of forty-two, Chen Hongshou and his friend Zhang Dai were drinking and admiring the moon by the broken bridge in Hangzhou, and as a result, they caused another affair. The details of this are recorded in Zhang Dai's "Tao An Dream Memories": There is a girl on the shore who orders the boy to greet The Cloud: "Is the Xianggong ship willing to take my girl to a bridge?" "Yu Xuzhi, the girl is happy to go down, light and weak, graceful and lovely." Zhang Hou was picked by the wine: "The girl is like Zhang Yimei, can she drink with the bearded guest?" The girl drank happily. Moving the boat to a bridge, it leaked two times, and even poured out the house brew. Asked where he lived, laughing without answering. Zhang Hou wanted to stomp on it, and when he saw him passing through the tomb of King Yue, he could not pursue him.
Chen Hongshou's works
Drunk out of shape, stalking the girl. This scene is like the current boys chasing girls, but in ancient times, and it is over forty years old, Chen Hongshou's courage is indeed big enough.
There is wine and women, and they are willing to paint
"Drunken Sorrow Map" Chen Hongshou
According to the Qing Dynasty Mao Qiling in the "Biography of Chen Laolian", in the summer of 1646, the forty-seven-year-old Chen Hongshou was taken captive by the Qing army in eastern Zhejiang. Blade it, do not paint. Seduce him with wine and a woman, and paint. ”
Miscellaneous Album (Eight Kai No Kuni Dragon Supplement Gun Diagram)
Here it is said that when the Qing army captured Nanjing, the great general Gushan Erzhen captured Chen Hongshou from the city, was overjoyed, and immediately instructed Chen Hongshou to paint, Chen did not paint, threatened with a knife, and did not paint; finally he was lured with wine and beautiful women to achieve his wish. Wine and women, in Chen Hongshou's view, did not hurt his self-esteem and personality.
Deep love and righteousness, do not forget the wife and concubine
Ming Chen Hongshou works
Although Chen Hongshou likes women, he always has sincere feelings for his two wives and concubines.
Chen Hongshou married Laishi at the age of seventeen. Lai shi is everyone's bridesmaid, gentle and virtuous, but also received cultural education, can chant poetry, and she does not have the habit of Miss Jiao, quite know how to be diligent and thrifty, so the two get along harmoniously after marriage, and the relationship has been very good. He also gave birth to a daughter, named Daoyun. Chen Hongshou was twenty-six years old, and Lai's illness died, and Chen Hongshou was miserable.
Six years after Lai's death, he still remembered Lai's death anniversary and wrote two poems "The Room of Death" to express his longing for his deceased wife:
(i)
Who asks for the Dark Sea Diving Yingshi, and breaks the string of a spring,
Knowing that the alchemist is rare today, he has been so obsessed for six years.
(ii)
Wan lan destroyed Hui Hui to protect zhaoling, and drove away as soon as he looked,
Haruka remembers who eats, and the little maid with the head of the cang head lays the sunflower soup.
Chen Hongshou Qiu Qiu Tu
At the age of twenty-seven, chen Hongshou was introduced to Hangzhou Wei to command Tongzhi Hanjun's hair as a continuation. Han Shi also works poetry, the two have a very good relationship after marriage, during Chen Hongshou's north to the capital, the two exchanged poems and books, expressing the deep feelings of mutual nostalgia and comfort, which are evidenced by poetry. After Han's marriage, he had six sons and two daughters.
Autumn figure partial
At the age of forty-six, during his stay in Yangzhou, Chen Hongshou married Hu Jinghai (mán) as a concubine, Hu Jinghua also worked in poetry and painting, good at flowers, birds and cordyceps, and pen to work beautifully, the latter two returned to their hometown together, and once cooperated in flower albums to pass on, Jinghuai also guided Chen Hongshou's eldest daughter Chen Daoyun to learn painting, "pay attention to the six laws".
The sublimation of art is transformed by the gods
Ink bamboo diagram
Although Chen Hongshou is lustful, he is beautiful and beautiful, and every burst of feelings is accompanied by the transformation and sublimation of art, from "god" to "transformation", and constantly refined in the "transformation" realm, becoming a generation of masters in the history of Chinese painting.
Figure Painting : Tall and grotesque
Nguyen Thuu Wine Chart
The figures painted by Chen Hongshou are tall and grotesque in shape, which is hilarious. In the painting, the pattern is delicate, clear, smooth, and the outline is powerful, while the painting lady is elegantly dressed, the eyebrows are condensed, and the ancient clumsiness reveals femininity. It is said that there was no such style of brush and ink as his in three hundred years, so during the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were thousands of painters imitating Chen Hongshou, and his works and techniques spread far and wide in Korea and Japan.
"Picking Chrysanthemums" Chen Hongshou
He also likes to be funny, even if he draws a man, he has to add a few flowers to the head or hands, even the illustrations in the Water Margin. His paintings are just like his people, just as grotesque and funny, and people can't help but be funny. Perhaps this is the precious pure heart that he still retains after going through the world and weathering the wind and frost.
Dragon King Li Fo Tu
Flower and bird painting: fine depiction, clear color
Chen Hongshou's materials are quite extensive, plums, lotuses, chrysanthemums, peach blossoms, morning glory, butterflies, bees, and bamboo are all subjects he often paints
Chen Hongshou Vase Flower Drawing Collection of the British Museum
The theme of lotus flowers can be said to be the most numerous and high-quality works in Chen Hongshou's flower and bird paintings. Others are widely scattered in various albums, and can also be found in their figure paintings, mostly used as bottle inserts to embellish, and are also exquisitely painted.
Lotus double butterfly diagram
In addition to lotus flowers, butterflies are also his favorite subjects. It seems to have become a decorative symbol, which is particularly large in proportion and similar in shape.
Ancient bottle of chrysanthemums
Golden Wasp
Most of the flowers painted by Chen Hongshou are painted in plain white, and only slightly color the tips of the petals or some subtleties, and they are never prominent. This also shows Chen Hongshou's artistic independence beyond secular aesthetics from another side.
Zhang Chao, a Qing dynasty, said, "Flowers cannot be without butterflies, and people cannot be without fetishes." Of course, the fetish here does not refer to the simple pursuit of material enjoyment, but to the sustenance of the heart. Just like "ji kang's forging, wuzi's horse, Lu Yu's tea, rice bump stone, Ni Yunlin's purity", it is precisely because of Chen Hongshou, these "fetish" people, often can have a special love for the things they love, do it with full concentration, sleep and forget to eat, and what does it matter if they are lustful?