Huayan Begonia Bird and Rabbit Chart Axis

[Huayan Begonia Bird and Rabbit Painting Axis]

Begonia Bird and Rabbit Painting Axis, Qing Dynasty, Huayan painting, paper edition, color setting, 135.2 cm vertically and 52.8 cm horizontally
The title on the right of the picture is: “The people of Silla Mountain wrote in the first month of the third year of the spring. There were five in the seventies.” The seal two seals: “Hua Yan” and “Qiu Yue”. There are six seals in the collection, including “Xinyuan Jushi”, “Xinyuan Thatched Cottage” and “Xu Bangda Treasure Seal”
“C Zi” is the 21st year of Qianlong’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1756)
Hua Yan’s flower and bird paintings enrich the traditional aesthetic taste of “Huang’s family is rich and noble, Xu Xiyeyi”, and embody the true feelings in the creation, so that the works have rich feelings and personality, with the characteristics of both refined and popular tastes. This picture is his masterpiece in his later years. The painter uses anthropomorphic techniques to vividly express the parrot’s uncontrollable joy and the timid and curious look of the black rabbit. In terms of painting, Hua Yan began with Yun Shouping’s elegant and beautiful boneless flowers, dabbled in various families, and formed a distinctive personal style. The structure of this drawing is novel, and the brushwork combines the exquisite craftsmanship of the Song Dynasty’s meticulous flowers and birds with the elegance and refinement of the freehand flowers and birds, and the color is lively. Begonia is colored with rouge and white powder, and the leaves are in the color of stone green and stone green, and there are large leaves with slight white yellow. The color is thick and moist, and the black rabbit’s ink color changes more subtle and rich, showing a soft and loose texture between the thick and light, and harmonizing with the warm colors of trees and flowers, making the whole picture full of the early spring atmosphere of flowers and birds.