Xu Beihong’s Painting Axis of Picking Chrysanthemums at Dongli

[Xu Beihong’s Painting Axis of Picking Chrysanthemums in Dongli]

The Painting Axis of Picking Chrysanthemums in Dongli, in modern times, is painted by Xu Beihong, in paper, with colors, 110 centimeters vertically and 36.1 centimeters horizontally
Self title: “Gather chrysanthemums under the east hedge, leisurely see the Nanshan Mountains. Sad Hong.” Seal the “King Sun of the East China Sea” white text rectangular seal. In the lower right corner, there is a white square seal of “Wuzi”
This picture is a figure painting based on the meaning of Tao Yuanming, a famous poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in his poem “Farewell to the Past”. In the picture, Tao Yuanming, dressed in robes and holding Huang Ju, is looking back at the undulating Nanshan Mountains in the distance. The quiet pastoral scenery reflects the protagonist’s indifferent mood of resignation and retirement
The author directly renders the mountains in the painting with a watery ink brush, leaving a blank space between the strokes, like a floating white cloud, showing the ethereal nature of the mountain. The moist ink adds a poetic touch of misty rain to the hazy mountains. According to traditional Chinese painting, the proportion of the figure’s length is usually about 6 head lengths, and the proportion of the figure’s shape in this painting is influenced by Western painting. The figure’s length is 7 head lengths. Therefore, Tao Yuanming in the picture appears tall and weak, which is more like a thin man with clear bones and broad clothes.