Xi Gang (1746-1803) Was a Seal Engraver and Calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty. Formerly known as Gang, the characters Tiesheng, Chunzhang, Luogong, Butterfly, Tsurugi, Mengquan Waishi, Mengshi, Xi Daoist, Sanmu resident, and Donghua Nunnery. Originally from She County (now part of Anhui), Yizuo Yi County (now part of Anhui), living in West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Should not be keju, send love poems and paintings, landscapes and flowers, yi rhyme super jun. He has traveled to Japan and is famous overseas. During the Qianlong period, he was filial and honest and square, and he could not resign. Gong calligraphy, good at seal engraving and sealing, Zong Qinhan, at the age of 9 can be subordinate to the book, and later line, grass, seal, li, all of them are exquisite, and the name of painting is in the world. His landscape paintings are sleek and self-satisfied, and the flowers and orchids are otherworldly. Shi Fa Ding Jing, and has developed, the style is clear, for the Zhejiang school of Indians outstanding. Along with Ding Jing, Huang Yi, and Jiang Ren, he is the four masters of Hang County, the four masters of Xiling, and Chen Yuzhong, Chen Hongshou, Zhao Zhichen, and Qian Song to form the eight families of Xiling.
Also works poetry and good books, is good at painting, sexual loneliness, and is not a person who is not. The four bodies of calligraphy and work, the true calligraphy Chu Suiliang, the ancient penmanship is super easy, higher than the generations. The landscape is dashing and moist, and Dong Qichang is the law. He has a broad and upright personality, does not seek fame, despises the powerful, and eventually grows old. After his paintings became famous, there was an endless stream of painters. But he bought off the officials and the rich with heavy money, and he was dismissive. Inspector Ruan Yuan of Zhejiang asked many people to meet with each other, but he still did not achieve his wish. Old age into Li Liufang's faction. The flowers have a yunshou pingqi charm, and the orchid bamboo is also detached, which is a giant painter in Zhejiang. He has written "Xishan Suqiu Tu", "Banana Bamboo Youlan Tu", "Spring Forest Returning To Wing Map" and other axes. The paintings passed down from generation to generation include the volume of "Banana Forest Study Book Map" and the "Inscription Pavilion Map", which are now in the Palace Museum. He is the author of "The Remains of the Winter Flower An".
The Qianlong Emperor toured Jiangnan many times, and the Governor of Zhejiang built a palace on the bank of the West Lake to welcome the holy driver, and because of Xi Gang's great fame, local officials invited Xi Gang to go to the palace to paint. Xi Gang resolutely refused this, and when the overseer was angry, he sent someone to escort him to the palace with weapons. Xi Gang was not afraid of power, and said resolutely: "Those who have paintings and are tied to them? The head can be cut off, the painting cannot be obtained! The overseer's staff admired his courage and praised: "Er is not a child, but an iron student." Since then, Xi Gang has been called "Tie Sheng".
Qing Xigang Couplet (I) Collection of the Friar Museum of Art
Xigang colored flowers on bozo
Xigang Begonia Magnolia Figure on Bozang
Xigang Fugui Dachang
Qing Xigang Couplet (II) Collection of the Friar Museum of Art
Qing Xigang Shanshui Map Axis Hunan Museum Collection
Qing Xigang Iwai Qiu Shuang Tu Color on paper 113.5×48.5cm Collection of the Palace Museum
Qing Xigang Meizhu Daffodil 120.6×33 cm Collection of the Freer Museum of Art, USA
Qing Xigang pine mist moss diagram
Xi Gang (paragraph) Proposed Wang Mengxiu Zhuyuan Mountain Figure 134.7× 42.5cm Collection of the Freer Art Museum
Qing Xigang imitates Yao Yundong landscape map