The "Ouxiang Transmission of Yiyun - Exhibition of Works by Changzhou School Painters collected by the National Art Museum of China and nanjing museum" co-sponsored by the National Art Museum of China and the Nanjing Museum was launched at the National Art Museum of China.
According to Wu Weishan, director of the National Art Museum of China and vice chairman of the China Artists Association, the purpose of revitalizing these collections is threefold: First, to reiterate that painters should learn to inherit and be fickle, and to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of tradition; second, to emphasize that painters should always maintain the feeling of "true" and "me", face natural reality, and express natural reality; third, advocate that painters should pay attention to academic cultivation, and be both scholarly, poet and expert.
Yun Nantian, "Sketch of Residual Lotus Reed" (131× 59.8 cm, Nanjing Museum Collection)
Yun Nantian, the founder of the Changzhou School of Painting, was a famous calligrapher and painter in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Its talent is far-reaching, the painting of boneless flowers, animals, grass worms, both shapes and gods, as far as possible, the method is "point dyeing chalk with grease, after the point to dye the pen foot", water, color, ink fusion without marks, bright and transparent, elegant and warm. His vivid and fragrant works are unique in the early Qing Dynasty painting circle shrouded in the wind of ancient times, and are regarded as "authentic sketches", and have "rising and falling merits" for flower and bird paintings in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. His works have also become a model for the Qing Dynasty courtyard to emulate, and Ma Yuanyi, Jiang Tingxi, Qian Weicheng, etc. are his followers. Its influence extended up to the temples and the city, and it was appreciated by both elegant and customary, and it flourished for a while, and also inspired the Yangzhou School, the Lingnan School and the Maritime School of painting in later generations. It is worth mentioning that the number of female painters among the inheritors of the Changzhou School of Painting is large and the level is high, breaking the convention of marginalizing women in the painting world.
Gong Liang, president of the Nanjing Museum, said that Changzhou is located in the prosperous delta area of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, in the central area of Wu culture, ancient called Yanling, Biling, Jinling, Jinling, Lanling, known as "water town Zeguo, fish and rice town" reputation, The Qing Dynasty Changzhou has been prosperous in cultural fortunes, talents gathered. There are five well-known academic groups here, namely the Jinwenjing School, the Yanghu School, the Changzhou Ci School, the Changzhou Painting School and the Menghe Medical School. One side of the water and soil to raise one side of the people, beautiful water towns and humid climate to give birth to the regional style of Jiangnan culture, so that the Changzhou school of flowers and birds painting more and more with the essence of regional culture, the shape of the picture is "realistic and wonderful", the color is characterized by "light color and light", the painting technique is "boneless freehand", for the city, for the Jiangnan region, but also for Chinese art to add luster.
Ma Yuanyi, "Good Bird of Huaxi" (114.3×49 cm, National Art Museum of China)
The exhibition is divided into two parts: "Kaizong Founding School, Integrating the Ancient and Emerging" and "Inheriting The Famous Masters from Generations", which systematically exhibits the works of Changzhou painters headed by Yun Nantian, some of which are excellent works, some of which are still the first time to meet the audience, and a total of 80 fine works (sets) of Changzhou School of Painting collected by the National Art Museum of China and the Nanjing Museum are exhibited, including Yun Nantian's "Sketch flower atlas", "Residual Lotus Reed Sketch", Yun Bing's "Flower and Bird Chart Axis", Ma Yuanyi's "Flower Stream Good Bird", Jiang Tingxi's "Imitation Of Xia Chang Bamboo Stone Map" and "Orchid Bamboo Qingtu" , Wang Wu's "Red Wei Double Chicken", "Peony Lake Stone Map", Yun Yuancheng's "Wisteria Peony Map", Qian Weicheng's "Flower Map", Ma Quan's "Flower Butterfly Chart Axis", Ma Yi's "Flower and Bird Diagram Axis", Tang Yifen's "Flower Atlas", etc.
——National Art Museum of China