Feng Ning’s Lotus Leaf

[Fan page of Feng Ning’s Lotus Painting]

The fan page of the Lotus Painting, Qing Dynasty, Feng Ning’s painting, paper edition, color setting, 17.8 cm vertically and 52 cm horizontally
The fan page has its own title: “The chaotic blue wind has just rolled up, and the new rosy clouds are half contained. It is intended to be Nantian powder. Feng Ning.”
This painting uses boneless method to draw the front and back scenes. The foreground is a green reed painted horizontally and obliquely, and the back scene is a close-up of the lotus “green leaves like turning the wind, and red flowers are suitable for sunshine”. The reed is moved by the wind, and its vertical and horizontal attitude does not interfere with the overall image of the lotus, which is dignified and atmospheric. Instead, with its wild and unrestrained nature, it reflects the quality of the lotus as a fairy in the water, which is sublime and sublime, “out of the mud but not stained, clean and clean without evil”. As a court painter, Feng Ning’s elegant style of painting caters to the aesthetic interest of the Qing royal family