Snow map axis of Huayan Tianshan

[Huayan Tianshan Snow Map Axis]

Tianshan Snow Map Axis, Qing Dynasty, Huayan, paper, color, 159.1 cm vertical, 52.8 cm horizontal
Hua Yan’s figure painting has a very distinctive shape, winning by expressing the distinctive personality and inner charm of the characters. The Snow on Tianshan Mountain is his representative work in his later years
Border fortress travel is one of the themes that Hua Yan often presents. This picture shows the poetry of the Tang people traveling far to the frontier fortress. In the picture, at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, a single passenger wearing a bright red cloak and a treasured sword is walking slowly through the ice and snow with a two-humped old camel. The sky is gray, the four fields are open, the road is long and snowy. A lone wild goose swept across the air, and the travelers and old camels looked up. This scene seemed to arouse thousands of thoughts of tourists. In the painting, feelings and scenes blend and the artistic conception is implicit. The narrow and long composition of the picture creates a visual effect that is different from the sky to set off the lonely inner world of the characters. Elegant color design, matching between colors, and contrast between warm and cold colors are very exquisite. The proper use of exaggeration on the basis of realism in the image of the characters and the old camel, the forward movement of the characters, and the human expression of the old camel all make the theme more prominent. The work shows the artist’s unique artistic conception and outstanding painting talent
Self-recognition in the painting: “Tianshan Mountain is covered with snow. In the spring of Yihai, the people of Silla Mountain wrote in the Shusheng Bookstore, which was four years old at the age of seventy.” The seal “Hua Yan” is on the lower right corner, and the seal “Empty Dust Poetry and Painting” is on the lower right corner.