Wang Jianfang, Taoist Meiren, Xiting Mountain Color Map Axis

[Wang Jian imitates the mountain color map of Taoist Meiren Xiting]

The mountain color map of Taoist Meiren Xiting, Qing Dynasty, Wang Jian, paper, ink, 87.4 cm vertically and 45.7 cm horizontally
This self-title: “Ding Wei and Xiao Chun imitated the painting of the scenery of Xiting Mountain by Taoist Mei, Wang Jian.” The seal of “Ranxiang Nunnery” is white. This picture has the title of Wang Hui and Yun Shouping, and the seal of “Wang Hui’s seal” and “Shouping’s seal”. The collection includes: “Qianlong Imperial Treasure”, “Qianlong Appreciation” and other aspects
Wang Jian was born in a scholarly family, and his rich family collection provides a good condition for Wang Jian to copy the authentic works of famous paintings of past dynasties. Wang Jian was taught by Dong Qichang in his early years. His whole life’s painting industry is to develop along the direction of imitation advocated by Dong Qichang, to figure out the meaning of the strokes of many predecessors, such as Dong Yuan, Juran, Wuzhen, Huang Gongwang, and to absorb and transform the structure of the strokes of these predecessors, and to form his own rich language of mountain and water painting
This picture is the work of Wang Jianfang, Wu Zhen (Mei Daoren). In the picture, the peaks are thick, the maple forest is green and cypress, and the clouds in the mountains are steaming, giving people a feeling of high and refreshing autumn. The composition is very dense, and the distant and near scenes set off each other. It is not difficult to see from the brush and ink that because it imitates Wuzhen’s painting method, the brush method is slightly thick and not sharp, and the brush and ink are integrated, and the characteristics of Wuzhen’s painting method are vividly copied. Most of Wang Jian’s paintings imitate Dong Ju, Huang Gongwang and Wang Meng’s paintings. It is extremely rare to imitate Wu Zhen. “Ding Wei” is the sixth year of Kangxi’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1667), which should be the masterpiece of the author in his later years.