Xu Hao, Zhang Yun, Monk Mounting Axis

“Xu Hao Painted, Silk Version, Colored, 61.2 cm Vertical, 43.2 cm Horizontal”
In the lower right corner of the screen, the signature reads: “Written by Xu Hao on the autumn day of Yiwei.” The seals “Qi” and “Feng” are printed together with beads. “Yi Wei” refers to the forty years of Qianlong’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1775). At the top of this painting is a tribute to Zhang Yun’s self inscription, with the following inscription: “Gan Bai, Zhang Yun’s self inscription.” On the left, there are two seals: “Zhang Yun’s seal” and “Yi Yin”, with the first seal being “Ci Jin Tang”
This picture is a portrait painted by Xu Hao for his fellow painter Zhang Yun. The picture shows a bust of an elderly man with his hands wrapped in his sleeves, dressed in a monk’s uniform, without hair at the top, with white beards, both eyes facing up, and a calm and solemn expression
is an exquisite method of drawing, first using ink brush to create a shape and then using multiple colors to impart a concave and convex feel to the face of the character, but the light sensation is not obvious. It is still a traditional Chinese portrait painting technique. Gray robes and red cassocks are treated with a flat coating method, with fine and powerful lines and expressive clothing patterns. As the son of Xu Zhang, Xu Hao has well inherited the expressive techniques of the Portrait Painting of the “Bochen School”, and is even more traditional in composition, without setting off scenery and props, highlighting the expression of the characters’ faces. He can be described as the leader of the “Bochen School” in Yu Xu.

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