Representatives of Chengdu Bird and Flower Painting

ChengduChengdu flower and bird painting is represented by two figures: Huang Ju estate, Chen Chengji.

I. Representatives of Chengdu bird and flower painting

1, Huang Ju寀：He was an outstanding bird and flower painter in the first and middle period of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was taught by Huang Chyuan, and he was able to make the flower and bamboo plumes, which was a perfect example of the true nature, and he surpassed his father's work by writing the strange rocks and mountain scenery. His "partridge and sparrow" is a typical work of the "Huang Jia Fu Gui" system, representing the highest achievement of the five generations of the Northern Song dynasty in the early years of the yellow style of flower and bird painting.

2, Chen Chengji: he was born in 1950 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, is the Sichuan Provincial Association of Artists Bird and Flower Painting Committee Deputy Secretary General, Chengdu Bird and Flower Painting Association, Chengdu, a member of the Sichuan Provincial Association of Artists and so on. His paintings are based on simplicity, and when the simplicity is subtle, the bones are clear and the dust is washed away, and the flowers and trees are all in style. He also takes simplicity as his character, and when it enters into the Tao, he will be able to realize that the mind is too empty, transcends the world, and becomes a perfect heavenly creature.

The definition of bird and flower painting

Bird and flower painting is a Chinese painting that depicts flowers, birds, fishes, insects and other plants and animals. Flower and bird painting uses shape to write God and shape to write meaning, and expresses the painter's emotions and thoughts through shape, color and layout. Flower and bird paintings not only express the beauty and vitality of nature, but also symbolize people's aspirations and blessings for a better life.

Historical Development of Flower and Bird Painting:

1. Origin and Early Development:

Flower and Bird Painting, as a separate branch of Chinese painting, can be traced back to the art of colorful ceramics in the Neolithic Age. On Shang and Zhou bronzes, you can see painted images of fish, birds, insects, beasts and other animals, and at this time the painting method was simple, mostly line modeling.

2, maturity and peak:

The Tang Dynasty was the peak of the development of bird and flower painting, the emergence of many bird and flower painters. At this time, bird and flower painting has been freed from the purely decorative role, forming an independent painting. Painters y observe and feel the nature, the depiction of flowers and birds is meticulous and skillful. Painters such as Huang Chyuan and Xu Xi became the representative figures of bird and flower painting.

3. Transformation and Diversification:

Flower and bird paintings in the Song Dynasty became more mature in terms of expressive techniques, and more styles and techniques emerged. At this time, flower and bird paintings have been freed from the purely decorative role, and showed more of the painter's personality and emotions. The flower and bird paintings of the four Southern Song masters, Li Tang, Liu Songnian, Ma Yuan and Xia Gui, were unique in style and skill.

4, decline and revival:

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the development of the commodity economy and the growth of the citizen class, bird and flower painting gradually went into decline. However, there were some painters who explored a new style of flower and bird painting at this time, such as Shen Zhou and Wen Zhengming in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Da and the Eight Monsters of Yangzhou in the Qing Dynasty. Their works both accumulated traditional techniques and incorporated new elements, injecting new vigor into the development of flower and bird painting.