Jinnong dynasty
Jin Nong was a painter and calligrapher in Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, with the recovery and development of social economy, Yangzhou, as a rich gathering place, began to pursue cultural development. So in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, a large number of professional painters began to gather in Yangzhou to make a living by selling paintings. This situation lasted until the last years of Qianlong and lasted for decades. Among these painters, Jin Nong, Zheng Xie, Huang Shen, Shan Li, Li, Wang, Gao Xiang and others are the most famous.
This group of people are called "Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics" by the world because they don't play cards according to common sense in their own lives or their own creations, and Jin Nong is the boss of this group of people. But in fact, the number "eight" is not really "eight", because there are many people with similar styles, and these eight people are only outstanding representatives.
Jin Nong's life is legendary. He is untidy, but he is also a very romantic person. He knows how to use market rules to make money, but he doesn't know how to manage money. Jin Nong made a lot of money in the market when he was young, but he was poor in his later years and even had no money to buy a coffin after his death. This is only because Jin Nong has no sense of financial management and always "takes a thousand dollars when he is old and leaves at will", which makes his life in his later years so hard.
Brief introduction of jinnong
Painter Jin Nong, the word Shoumen, is famous for his winter heart. In addition to this number, there are many titles such as Guliu Shanmin and Qujiang Waishi. Jinnong was born in Qiantang on 1686, which is now Hangzhou, Zhejiang. According to Jin Nong's self-report, his home is on the edge of Qiantang River, facing the river and backing the mountain. His family has several acres of land and should belong to a well-off family.
Jinnong has been very clever since he was a child. When I was a child, I studied at He Chao's home and lived next door to Ding Jing, one of the "Eight Schools of Xiling". At the same time as Wu Xilin, so these three people are called "the three outstanding men in western Zhejiang". Jin Nong has been in contact with them to make himself more knowledgeable. However, Jin Nong broke the rules in making an article, so he failed in the imperial examination many times, which also led to his lifelong exclusion from the officialdom.
After Jin Nong was over half a century old, he made up his mind to travel around because of depression. In the course of traveling, I was deeply fascinated by the scenery of great rivers and mountains, got some insights from it, began to learn painting, and finally became the first of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". Jinnong's circle of friends is also very extensive. There are friends of farmers, noble families, rich people and even ordinary people living in poverty.
Among so many friends of Jin Nong, Zheng Banqiao should be the best one with him. The two of them often get together and have a good talk. Zheng Banqiao even said: "Only the farmers in Hangzhou are good", which shows how good the relationship between these two people is. Jin Nong didn't start learning painting until he was over half a century old, but it's not easy to achieve such achievements. But this is mainly due to Jin Nong's good calligraphy skills, profound knowledge, collection of many famous works, unique views on painting, and finally become a generation of famous artists.
Jin Nong's works
Among the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, Jin Nong is the one who sells paintings in Yangzhou for the longest time, and his artistic creation ranks first among the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, which is reflected in Jin Nong's works. Jin Nong's paintings and calligraphy works are very individual. Jin Nong didn't say what kind of paintings he was particularly good at. Zhu Mei, figures, landscapes, Buddha statues and other farmers are very good at it.
Jin Nong's paintings have strange shapes. He is good at making some flower figures with light ink and dry pen. At first, Jin Nong mainly painted bamboo, and later he began to paint horses, Buddha statues and plum blossoms, which was even more original. Although Jin Nong began to learn painting at the age of 50, his rich knowledge and cultivation made him write extraordinary when he first started painting. The world often calls him an "ancient painter", such as the "Jade Pot Spring Color Map" he created at the age of 75.
"Jade Tiger Spring Color Map" mainly intercepts a part of plum branches, and the overall layout is strange, which is different from our common composition method of broken branches or whole column trees. The plums he painted are distributed randomly in thick ink and light ink, but they are very suitable, showing a secluded and evacuated artistic conception. Besides painting plums, Jin Nong is also good at painting bamboo. He began to learn to draw bamboo in his sixties. The bamboos he painted are not very vivid at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that they are simple, naive and interesting.
Among Jin Nong's numerous works, the famous ones are Landscape Copy, Moonlight Map and Zhu Mo Map. These works are still circulating in the world today. In 2009, Jinnong's album "Flowers and Fruits" was sold at a price of 39.76 million yuan, which was a very high turnover at that time.