A Brief Introduction of Lotus Mandarin Duck Pictures in Ren Bonian in Qing Dynasty

Xu Beihong called Ren Bonian "the first painter in China after Chou Shizhou" (on Ren Bonian), and Ren Bonian's outstanding position in the history of modern painting is universally recognized. His painting style is novel, vivid and full of charm. Good at coloring, omnipotent and meticulous about flowers, birds, figures and landscapes. As far as personal achievements are concerned, his flower-and-bird paintings are the most distinctive, but from a historical point of view, his figure paintings have made even greater achievements, because in the historical environment where figure paintings were generally weakened in the late Qing Dynasty, Ren Bonian was particularly prominent.

Ren Bonian is an outstanding portrait painter who is good at writing portraits. In his early years, his figure paintings were studied by Chen Hongshou, Fei and others, with exaggerated shapes, clever outlines and vivid forms. His landscape paintings are few, but his brushwork is good and he has his own characteristics. His flower-and-bird paintings are more creative and interesting. In his early years, he was good at meticulous flower-and-bird painting, imitating the painting methods of people in the Northern Song Dynasty. He is pure Jiao Mo and Hamat, and he is rich in color, close to Chen Lao's face. Later, it absorbed Yun's boneless painting method, Chen Chun and Xu Wei's freehand brushwork method and western painting techniques, and combined them into one, and changed them to form a style of writing while working, lively and enthusiastic, simple and unrestrained, which opened up a new world of flower-and-bird painting and had a great influence on later generations. Although Ren Bonian was born in a poor family and didn't read much, compared with Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi, his paintings lacked literary thoughts and a little postscript, but his painting skills were richer in brushwork, brushwork, structure and color, which can be used for reference by future generations.

This frame in Ren Bonian's Lotus and Yuanyang Picture describes the game of Yuanyang in the lotus field. Lotus leaves are as big as pots, and elegant Bai Lianhua exudes fragrance. The picture is mainly in turquoise tone, fresh and pleasant. Because it is painted on cooked silk, it is good at using water, so the colors are bright and natural, full of life breath. The blank between the pen and the pen has played a role in ventilation and clear vision, and it is mottled and blurred to this extent. Gu Zhuo's vivid modeling, clever brushwork, steady details and conciseness all show Ren Bonian's unique and superb painting skills.