Heaven and Earth are Teachers, Plain and Dustless- Appreciation of Hongren Landscape Paintings (Photo)

Hongren (1610–1664) was a famous painter of the Qing Dynasty. Commonly known as Jiang, the name Tao, the word Liuqi, also known as Fang, the word Gull League. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, he became a monk in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian Province, with the character Gradual River and the name Plum Blossom Gugu. A native of Shexian County, Anhui Province. He was one of the four painting monks in the early Qing Dynasty. Good at painting landscapes, beginners to learn the Song people, late Law Xiao Yuncong, Ni Zhan, etc., the brushwork is clean and simple, the meaning is high and clean and elegant. You are good at painting Huangshan pine stone, the founder of the "Xin'an Painting School", and Four people such as Cha Shibiao, Sun Yi, and Wang Zhirui are called "Xin'an Four Greats". He also wrote plum bamboo and gong poems. Surviving works include "Diagram of the Short Hagi of the Dead Maple", "Map of The Pine Snow of the West Rock", "Turquoise Map of the Yellow Sea" and so on. He is the author of "Painting".

Heaven and earth are teachers, plain and dustless- appreciation of Hongren landscape paintings: