Court painter
After Shen Quan's return to China, his reputation was greatly shaken, and it spread to the capital, and the imperial court ordered Shen Quan to paint a tribute, and Qianlong's 7-year work "The Meaning of The Palace of Lady Huarui" was well received, in addition, Shen Quan also successively painted auspicious allegorical paintings for the court, so Shen Quan and his disciple Tong Heng were known as court painters in the history of Chinese painting, Shen Quan lived in Suzhou in his later years, tirelessly devoted himself to the study of calligraphy and painting art, and Shen Quan, who was 81 years old in Qianlong, could also make "Flower and Bird Diagrams". After Shen Quan's death in 1762, he entered the Nanpin Mansion in Xinshi from his son Shen Tianjun, kept filial piety for three years, inherited the painting industry, and the only disciple who entered the room, Tong Heng, left the Shen mansion to become a monk at the Mingyin Temple in Xinshi, and spent his life painting in spare time. Shen Quan dedicated his life to the cause of painting, and on the basis of inheriting the tradition of the Academy, he created the powerful Nanpin School of Painting, which was unique in Jiangnan at that time, and some poems gave it a high evaluation : "Jiangnan masters who are the first, Wu Xing Shen sheng is unmatched."
The color is beautiful, the workmanship is exquisite, the color is rich, and the ingenuity of the beam is extremely clever. The secret of painting characters is not passed on. Pay attention to realism, the painting style is rigorous and meticulous, and the shape is accurate and vivid.
