Luo Pin’s two-color plum blossom axis

[Luo Pin’s Two-color Plum Blossom Painting Axis]

The Two-color Plum Blossom Painting Axis, Qing Dynasty, Luo Pin’s painting, paper book, ink pen, 126.6 cm vertically and 32.7 cm horizontally
Item title: “The dense calyx and the branches of the two-color plum blossom, the ink pool water shadow form the embryo. The black and white are very clear, and the tens of thousands of flower whiskers can not be counted. The Yuan Song Xue Taoist painter uses ink to paint flowers, and the cooking of the Shishan agricultural painting flowers uses empty circles. There is no one frame that combines the two methods. I made this to amuse myself. Luo Pinji”. Seal “Luo Pin Private Seal” in white. There are “Ming Cun”, “Reading Sao like Zhai Appreciation” and other seals in the collection, which are all in four directions
The picture shows a plum tree with curly branches, on which plum blossoms are blooming like pearls, a scene of prosperity. According to the title, this picture was drawn by the author in imitation of Zhao Mengfu’s “ink painting” method and Wang Mian’s “empty circle” method of the Yuan Dynasty. The petals are either painted with ink or double hooked with lines, and the black and white plum blossoms are mutually reinforcing, so the title is “The Painting of Two-color Plum Blossoms”. It can be seen from this picture that Luo Pin’s study of traditional plum painting techniques is not confined to one school, but is a broad range of experts, and can be integrated on the basis of understanding. Luo Pin finally became the most influential representative figure of plum painting in the “Yangzhou School of Painting” with the composition of flowers and dense branches, simple and simple brushwork and elegant aesthetic style.