Chen Hongshou Narcissus, Bamboo and Stone Picture Fan Page

[Chen Hongshou’s Painting of Narcissus, Bamboo and Stone Fan Page]

The Painting of Narcissus, Bamboo and Stone Fan Page, Ming Dynasty, Chen Hongshou’s painting, gold paper, ink pen, 16.5cm in length and 52.2cm in width
The fan page has its own title: “Gengyin Meng Dong, with Zhang Zhanlao and Jing Si lao, is in the Tianxiang residence of the friends of the Gongzhi Road. The wine fight will draw this picture, and the war will win this good and little. Hong Shou.” The seal “Zhang Hou” Zhu Wenyin
“Gengyin” is the seventh year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1650), when Chen Hongshou was 53 years old
The picture depicts a small landscape of narcissus, green bamboo and rocks. The stone is lined and chapped with the side edge. The strokes are strong and cool, showing the hard texture of the stone, and setting off the delicate beauty of narcissus and bamboo. According to the title, this picture was painted by the author and his friend while drunk. Since the technique of freehand brushwork in the late years of the author’s life has reached the perfect level, so from composition to painting, it is done in one go, and it is not disorderly