Wu Changshuo’s picture axis of the Qing Dynasty

[Wu Changshuo’s annual supply of pictures for the Qing Dynasty]

The annual supply of pictures for the Qing Dynasty axis, made by Wu Changshuo in the Qing Dynasty, is printed on paper, with colors, 151.6 cm in the vertical direction and 80.7 cm in the horizontal direction
The Sui Dynasty refers to the New Year’s Day of the lunar calendar. Artists of all dynasties, especially literati painters, like to draw the “Sui Dynasty and Qing Dynasty Painting” on this day as the first work at the beginning of the new year. Wu Changshuo, as a literati painter, also painted the Painting of the Year and the Qing Dynasty almost every year, with many changes. Its biggest feature is that it is rarely based on peonies. He disclosed his intention in a passage in Foulu Biecun, The article said: “On the New Year’s Eve, I shut my door to watch the year, and I freeze my paintings to amuse myself. Every picture of peonies painted in the year of the year is also famous for its wealth and wealth. If I live in poverty on the sea, an official is like a louse, and the flowers of wealth and wealth are not commensurate, so I write plum with the appearance of birth, write chrysanthemum with the proud frost bones, and read a short log, and my family’s elders also, this is the cold life in Fou Lu.” This passage was written in 1889, but the image of peonies is still not seen in this 1915 painting of the Year of the Qing Dynasty, At that time, Wu’s life had been greatly improved, but he still did not paint peonies, which shows his noble personality and paintings
This picture is composed of vase plum, narcissus, cattails, and Xiushi, which are placed in vases, pots, and other utensils to show the objects for the table. The objects are arranged in a high, low and disorderly manner in the picture, and are arranged in a diagonal form with high right and low left. The upper left corner and lower right corner are respectively equipped with the title and seal, which is the common composition form in Wu Changshuo’s flower paintings. At the top left corner of the picture, the caption reads: “The Qing Dynasty is a tribute to the Qing Dynasty. The head flower written in the Qing Dynasty is like the migration of the things made by the ancients at the age of the year. This is to imitate its meaning. Yimao is the coldest and the coldest. Wu Changshuo.”
This picture is freely waved, and the true feelings flow out of the pen. A red plum in the high-necked ancient vase, as well as the green daffodils and the cattails covered with it, all have their main idea. The strokes are meaningful and free, and are very elegant and elegant. The use of ink and color is also appropriate. The color is beautiful and bright, and the daffodils with double colors reflect the unique charm of Wu’s vigorous and ancient style in his later years.