Wu Weisong Stream Fishing and Cooking Map Axis

[Wu Wei Songxi Fishing and Cooking Map Axis]

Songxi Fishing and Cooking Map Axis, Ming Dynasty, Wu Wei’s painting, silk, ink, 122.8 cm vertically and 75 cm horizontally
This picture is self-identified as “Xiao Xian.” It is stamped with Li Zhichao’s collection seal
The author once roamed the Jianghu as a professional painter. He was “lonely and honest with the mountain people” and was familiar with the life of the lower class. The contents of fishing, recreation, farming and reading are also mostly drawn from real life. The characters are simple, the environment is real, and the realm is natural. There are few idealized colors in literati’s recluse paintings. This picture is an example. The picture shows that the distant mountains are like a screen, the water smoke is boundless, the close view of the cliffs and cliffs, the old pines are winding, the boats are moored on the bank of the stream, and a man is blowing his head down to support the fire, which has a strong flavor of secular life. This painting method is mainly from Ma Yuan and Xia Gui of the Southern Song Dynasty. Take a corner of the scene, chop the mountains and rocks with a big axe, render the water with a large amount of ink, and the figure’s clothing pattern is square and concise, and the pen edge is exposed quickly. Wu Wei’s own characteristics are the unique bold strength and unrestrained atmosphere of the ink and lines, the wild and elegant interest of the whole painting, and the anti-elegant and humorous atmosphere revealed by the painting.