Xuwei Four Seasons Flower Axis

[Xuwei Four Seasons Flower Map Axis]

Four Seasons Flower Map Axis, Ming Dynasty, Xu Wei’s painting, paper book, ink pen, 144.7 cm vertically and 81 cm horizontally
In the picture, vines, plum, plantain, peony, okra, bamboo, narcissus, orchid and other flowers and trees are painted, with large lake stones. The flowers and plants are all written in the way of grass, which not only reflects the artistic idea of the author who has always advocated “not to seek the shape of survival rhyme”, but also uses his usual style of painting to translate the depressed anger in his heart into poetry and prose, and uses the sentence “the old man’s game ink is dripping, and the flowers and plants will be mixed for four hours. No wonder that the painting is two strokes short, and the way of heaven is more than the pool” to satirize the world, giving the traditional flower painting a profound social implication.