Wang Yuanqi imitates Huang Heshan’s woodcut landscape map axis

[Axis of Wang Yuanqi’s Woodcutter Landscape Imitation of Huanghe Mountain]

Axis of the Woodcutter Landscape Imitation of Huanghe Mountain, Qing Dynasty, Wang Yuanqi’s painting, paper, ink, 154 cm vertically and 64.5 cm horizontally
This painting is self-conscious: “Huang Heshan Woodcutter is the nephew of Zhao Wuxing, very similar to his uncle, and has the pen to carry the tripod. It turns the firmness into softness, and the simplicity into the firmness of the sky. Its strength is not in the form of the spirit, and it is like a dragon in this painting. Please write this, and open another ear, if you dare to see the reputation of the blue. On the winter of Bingxu, Wang Yuanqi painted and inscribed.” The seal “Wang Yuanqi’s seal” is printed in white, “Lutai” and “descendants of Xilu” is printed in Zhu
“Bingxu” was the forty-fifth year of Kangxi’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1706), when Wang Yuanqi was 65 years old. The bibliography of “Collection of Ancient Books and Paintings”
The picture depicts mountains and waterfalls, which is an ideal fairyland for painters. Although the author imitates Huang Heshan woodcutter, namely Wang Meng, from the Yuan Dynasty, it is actually a masterpiece of the author’s collection of ancient people. In the picture, there are not only Wang Meng’s fine brush and ink, but also the five generations of Dong Yuan and the magnificent composition of Juran, which seeks to change in strict integrity. The style of books advocated by Dong Qichang in the Ming Dynasty is also permeated in the artistic conception of simplicity and elegance. This picture shows the author’s mature landscape painting style and profound traditional ink skills.