Yuzhiding Tung Bird Chart Axis

[Yu Zhi Ding Tong Bird Painting Axis]

Tong Bird Painting Axis, Qing Dynasty, Yu Zhi Ding painting, paper, ink, 109.5 cm vertically and 48 cm horizontally
The title on the top left of this picture reads: “It’s not a copy of Mr. Lantian’s” The Painting of Descendants “. On the second day after the founding of the autumn of Yihai, I happened to be in the capital residence. Because the old master talked about the scenery of the hometown in the autumn, he wrote this picture again. He felt that he loved the scab and was not ashamed of his ears. The Yu of Guangling had the best understanding.” The seal of “Shen Zhai Yu’s best seal” and the seal of “Fisherman on the waves of Guangling” were sealed. Yihai was the 34th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1695), and Yu Zhiding was 49 years old. I learned from the title that the painter lived in Beijing this year
This picture draws several branches of tung tree in capital, attracting two birds to roost. The branches are scattered and interspersed. A bird pecks the tung seeds in its beak. Looking back, a bird spreads its wings and flies in the air. The picture is empty on the left and solid on the right, while the bird flying high on the left and the inscription on the left not only balance the picture, but also add some vitality to the picture
The painter painted the trunk of the tree with vigorous and thick brush, and the brush was broken continuously; The leaves are first dotted with different shades of ink, and then the leaf veins are drawn with thick ink; The bird uses light ink to draw the outline, then dye the trunk, and finally draw the wings and head in burnt ink. The pen is vigorous and heroic, and it is strange and changeable. The level of ink is rich, thick but not sluggish, and light but not light
The “Uncle Lantian” in the title indicates Lan Ying, a famous landscape painter in the late and early Qing Dynasty. Although there is no direct evidence to prove that Yu Zhiding once directly learned from Lan Ying, Yu Zhiding often copied Lan Ying’s paintings, so from the point of view of the pen and ink of the paintings, he is still impressed by Lan Ying.