Wen | Xia Shaoyi
【Abstract】: Hongren's landscape paintings do not change much, the picture is minimalist, the composition is bold and strange, and the artistic conception is profound, which is closely related to his superb "linear schema". Through Hirohito's heirloom works, this article analyzes how the "linear schema" in his landscape paintings makes the picture produce a unique artistic conception.
Keywords: Hongren; landscape painting; brushwork; linear schema; pen and ink lines;
Qing Hongren's "Tiandu Peak Map" Nanjing Museum Collection (HD)
1. What is a "linear schema"?
First, what is the "linear schema" in landscape painting? The so-called "linear schema" refers to a creative way in which the painter reduces the layers of dyeing and takes line outline as the main way of creation when actually creating.
In order to achieve a special artistic conception, the painter deliberately leaves a blank space within the outline of the picture, completely without brush and ink, and does not stain it. This all-using line-based approach is called a "linear schema."
Qing Hongren's "Changlin Runaway" (Anhui Provincial Museum Collection)
Second, who is Hirohito's "linear schema" and what is unique?
Hongren's pen and ink have a strong "lyrical" character, the pen is simple and complex, and the formation of such a style is often inseparable from his ingenious "linear schema".
Hongren uses pen and ink to collect a wide range of things, and is not constrained by a certain family or faction. In general, he mainly studied the pen and ink used by Ma Yuan, Xia Jue, and Ni Zhan and Huang Gongwang in the Yuan Dynasty to form his own unique appearance.
In the layout of the chapter, he mainly inherits Ni Zhan's concise painting style, bold tailoring and trade-offs, simple and complex. Almost all of Hirohito's mountain stones are composed of large and small square boxes, and large boxes are set with small boxes. Almost all of them use the center to outline the mountain with a pen, and the line is calm and calm, decisive and bold, so its lines are thick and smooth, without the slightest floating and softness. His mountain stone painting method subtracts the intricate rubbing and layers of dot dyeing of traditional landscape painting, which looks clean and neat and otherworldly.
Kiyoshi Hirohito Cliff Falls
Another very important reason why Hongren uses this unique "linear schema" to create is that he has long observed Huangshan Mountain and borrowed the minimalist compositions of Ni Zhan and Ma Xia to form his own unique face. Because the scene of Huangshan Mountain in front of you is integrated with the lonely and independent personality in your heart, regardless of you and me, Huangshan is the portrayal of your own heart. People who have climbed the Huangshan Mountains know that the huangshan mountainous landform is granite, the grass and trees are difficult to grow, the mountain stones are strange, and the rocks are rugged. The mountain peaks are stacked with rubble, and their shapes are mostly square, which is the source of Hirohito's "linear schema" painting.
Kiyoshi Hirohito Grotto Hut
III. Conclusion.
Hongren's unique "linear schema" is the key to distinguishing his landscape painting from ancient and modern landscape painters, in addition to extensively studying the strengths of all families, but also paying attention to the creation of teachers. Eventually, it became the "linear schema master" in the field of landscape painting, which has great enlightenment significance for the research and study of landscape painting in later generations.