Shen Zhou’s “Autumn Forest Painting” Fan Page

[Shen Zhou’s “Autumn Forest” fan page]

The “Autumn Forest” fan page, Ming Dynasty, Shen Zhou’s painting, gold paper, ink brush, 16.2 cm vertically and 45.5 cm horizontally
The signature of the fan page: “Outside the Wuwu small bridge, people who walk alone don’t know. The autumn wind will leave leaves, so it will blow to the temples. Shen Zhou.” The seal “Shen Shi Qi Nan” Zhu Wenyin
The picture depicts the scene of Koshi walking alone in the late autumn when the leaves have fallen. Throughout Shen Zhou’s works, there are two styles of painting: thick and thin. The fine brush is slightly like Wang Meng and the thick brush is similar to Wu Zhen. This picture belongs to the rough pen of Shen Zhou in his later years. In terms of creation, he is good at the center and embellishment of ink, and has a round, deep and strong visual effect, so that the picture does not appear thin because of the simplicity of the composition. At the same time, he also shows the characteristics of thick ink through the sketch