Picture scroll of Qian Xuan’s secluded residence

[Qian Chosen Youju Picture Volume]

Youju Picture Volume, yuan, Qian Chosen, paper, color, vertical 27 cm, horizontal 115.9 cm
This picture is one of the blue-green landscape paintings painted by Qian Xuan. In the picture, the scenery of the lake and mountains is quiet and faint. At the beginning of the exhibition, you can see three or five beautiful rocks scattered on the slope, the green pines curling up and down on it, the village houses set off between the trees and rocks, a small boat sails to the lake, the opposite side of the lake is undulating and uneven, the pavilions are surrounded by dense forests, and after the thatched cottage looms out of the trees and rocks, the scene of seclusion, the state, the feeling and the interest of seclusion appear on the paper. Its paintings of mountains, rocks and trees are outlined with square folded lines, without texturing, applied with green, green, ochre and other colors, and the foot of the mountain is slightly coated with gold powder, which shows the elegance of ancient simplicity and elegance in the neat and elegant style. At the top right of the picture, there are three characters named “Dwelling in seclusion”. Among them, the word “Dwelling in seclusion” is seriously damaged, and it is similar to the word “Mountain”, so it is also called “Dwelling in seclusion”. The front and back of this page are printed with “Prince Yi’s Treasure” and other 29 sides, and the postscript of Ji Yi, Ji Tang, Gao Shiqi, Shao Songnian and others are on the tail paper
Qian Xuan’s landscape paintings are based on green and green colors. They are close to Zhao Boju of the Southern Song Dynasty, and far back to Yang Sui Zhan Ziqian and Li Zhaodao. They have the fun of clumsy brushwork, bright colors and gorgeous colors. The layout is relaxed and relaxed, and the density is exquisite. They have their own style. Our hospital has another volume of “The Painting of Dwelling in the Mountains”. Although the composition of the painting is different from that of “The Painting of Dwelling in seclusion”, the strokes and colors are from the same source, which can be regarded as “double walls”. “The Painting of Fuyu Mountain” (collected in the Shanghai Museum) is a representative work of Qian Xuan, which is mainly in ink. The yin and yang of the mountains and stones in the volume are represented by the ink brush. The flowers and blue are light on the trees and grass, and the elegant and moist air overflows out of the volume. It is unique and has the same beauty as the green landscape
In terms of achievements, Qian Xuan jumped out of the pattern of the two Song Dynasty academies and pursued the style of Jin and Tang Dynasties. He was unique in the painting world in the early Yuan Dynasty and played a positive role in creating a new generation of painting style. However, compared with Zhao Mengfu and the “Yuan Sijia”, whose landscape paintings are more in line with the literati’s aesthetic concept of emphasizing pen and ink and artistic interest, Qian Xuan’s influence on later generations is a little weaker.