Xu Beihong Bamboo Forest Rooster Figure Axis

[Xu Beihong’s Bamboo Forest Rooster Painting Axis]

“Bamboo Rooster Painting” axis, modern times, Xu Beihong’s painting, paper version, color setting, vertical 68 cm, horizontal 34.6 cm
Self title: “Mr. Huaizhun’s new residence was completed, and I congratulate you on it. In September, 2008, I affixed the seal of Zhu Wenfang,” Jiangnan Cloth Clothes. “. Yu Dafu’s Poetry Inscription Hall: “Zhu Guanbai Feather Sways Zilun, Five Virtues are all in readiness. There is a sound outside the clouds, the sky is about to dawn, and Peizhen lies deep in the sky. Mr. Huaizhun lives deep in the suburbs, with Peizhen’s son’s wind, and the sad Honghua draws a chicken to celebrate. This is one of the Da Fu’s inscriptions, while he is also in the autumn.” The lower seal reads “Tuzhong Tuo Wei Sheng”, with the long seal of Zhu Wen, and “Yu Dafu” with the white seal of Bai Wen
The twenty eighth year refers to the twenty eighth year of the Republic of China (1939), when Xu Beihong was 44 years old
After the “July 7th Incident” at Lugouqiao in 1937, Xu Beihong took the national disaster as his heart and went to Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and other places to hold relief exhibitions. During his stay in Singapore, he met and became a close friend of Mr. Han Huai jung. This picture is a sketch drawn by Xu Beihong congratulating Mr. Han Huaizhun on his joyous move to China, and instructs Yu Dafu, who lives there, to write a title, demonstrating the profound friendship between them
The picture depicts a cockerel standing in front of a lush bamboo forest with its head held high and its chest held high, with a calm and complacent expression. With a few strokes, the rooster has an accurate body structure, fluffy and soft fur, and realistic and vivid ink, demonstrating the author’s keen observation and strong modeling skills
Chicken and auspiciousness are homophonic, and the author wishes his friends good luck by drawing a chicken. At the same time, the chicken is also known as the “Five Virtues”. According to its appearance and habits, people believe that it has the following characteristics: Wen, the head bears a crown; Martial arts, capable of fighting with feet and claws; Courage means that the enemy dare to fight in front; Benevolence, greeting the same kind when seeing food; The letter was announced without error. By drawing chickens, the author praised his friends for their beauty of possessing the five virtues of literature, martial arts, courage, benevolence, and faithfulness.