Chou Ying, one of the "Ming Sijia", what is he good at painting? What are the representative works?

Ming Sijia? Chou Ying is good at copying, especially at pavilions, landscapes, flowers and birds, and figures. Representative works include Song People's Atlas and Xiao Zhao Gaozong Mid-Renaissance Map, which depict famous paintings in Tang and Song Dynasties. They are hard to distinguish between true and false, lifelike, widely praised by people and become one of the most famous painters in Ming Dynasty. Chou Ying's figure painting, represented by "Painting of Ladies in a Palace", depicts the characters with great accuracy, which has become the development direction of ladies' painting in Qing Dynasty.

First, Chou Ying's masterpiece "Jiange Tu". Jiange Tu is one of Chou Ying's masterpieces in his later years. At that time, Chou Ying had a wide network of contacts, collected many famous works, and then began to copy them. Unexpectedly, this is out of control. The paintings copied by Chou Ying should be true, bold and unrestrained, even more realistic than they originally intended. Later, it gradually spread to the market and became a handed down painting, which was widely collected by scholars.

Second, Chou Ying copied The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival. The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is Zhang Zeduan's masterpiece. Chou Ying was moved by it at first sight, so he made up his mind to copy it. However, ten thousand calligraphy paintings pay attention to orderly communication. Chou Ying's The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is not as famous as Zhang Zeduan's, but Chou Ying's paintings, restaurants, tea shops, dyeing workshops and other subtle support are really shine on you and better than blue. Although it can't be Chou Ying's masterpiece, it is also a painting worth cherishing.

Three, Chou Ying's masterpiece "Spring Dawn in Han Palace". As mentioned earlier, Chou Ying's lady paintings became models in the later period, so among these lady paintings, Chunxiao in Han Palace is the most famous. When Chou Ying painted, he paid attention to the rich and beautiful ladies, which initiated the painting of ladies. "Spring Dawn in the Han Palace" is the representative work of Chou Ying's lady painting. There are magnificent royal gardens and concubines' daily life in the painting, which is extremely meticulous and has become Chou Ying's masterpiece and an unparalleled classic in the history of painting.