Song Anon. Qingchun Butterfly Drama On Silk 23.7×25.3cm Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
Song Anon. Begonia Butterfly Figure Silk Color on Silk 25×24.5cm Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
Begonia Butterfly, on silk, 25×24.5cm, now in the Palace Museum, Beijing. Although this painting has no money knowledge, according to its style painting method, it is inferred that it should be made by a person in the Northern Song Dynasty Painting Academy. The outline of the begonia flowers and leaves in the painting is simple and calm, which is completely different from the slenderness and delicacy of the Southern Song Dynasty courtyard. The author's begonias sway in the wind and the branches and leaves are folded, vivid and real, which shows the meticulousness of his observation of nature. This is closely related to the Tradition of Painting of the Song Dynasty painting academy inheriting the Huang Tsuen school of life. Its heavy texture is related to the special coloring technique, the silk painting can be colored on both sides to increase the richness of color, and the white and stone colors can be used on the reverse side with a heavy powder base to make the part appear thicker.
Song Zhu Shaozong Chrysanthemum Flying Butterfly Figure Silk Color 23.7×24.4cm Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
Butterfly Diagram of Chrysanthemum, on silk, 23.7×24.4cm, is now in the Palace Museum, Beijing. The old inscription of this painting is "Zhu Shaozong Chrysanthemum Flying Butterfly", and the famous model on the painting is now only a "Zhu" character in the lower left due to damage. Zhu Shaozong was a court painter of the Southern Song Dynasty. The "Illustrated Treasure Book" records: "Zhu Shaozong's characters cats, dogs, flowers and birds, depicted and dyed exquisitely, far more than the currents. Affiliated with the Academy of Painting". This painting depicts the scene of bees and butterflies flying in the chrysanthemum bush, with fine brush strokes and elegant colors, and if the rendering is exquisite, it is the crown of Song painting sketches. The exquisite use of the standing powder technique of the flower bud in the picture is breathtaking, and the painter's three-dimensional sense of flowers and leaves is like a bas-relief, which shows that the history of painting is not false.
Song Anon. Qingfeng Giant Butterfly Figure Color on Silk 23×24.3cm Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
"Green Maple Giant Butterfly", silk, 23×24.3cm, now in the Palace Museum in Beijing. This painting has no model, the painting is exquisite and delicate and quite ingenious, which belongs to the fine works of the Song people. In the painting, a giant butterfly with wings outstretched is facing a swaying green maple, and the red beetle lying on the tender green maple leaves adds a little more fun. The composition of the picture is extremely high, and the maple leaves and the giant butterfly form an inverted triangle shape, but the author balances the unstable inverted triangle composition by properly arranging the butterfly wings and maple leaves. The painting is also a highly realistic work, depicting a giant butterfly called the Great Silkworm Moth (also known as the Emperor Moth), which is believed to be the largest species in the world, with its forewings reaching 25 to 30 cm when open. By comparing the specimens of Huang'e, it can be found that the giant butterfly depicted thousands of years ago is almost indistinguishable from today. Look at its painting method again, use the pen to be delicate, and set the color elegant and not vulgar.