Traditional Oriental Chinese Painting:
Painting in the traditional style is known today in Chinese as guó huà (国画), meaning 'national' or 'native painting', as opposed to Western styles of art which became popular in China in the 20th century. Traditional painting involves essentially the same techniques as calligraphy and is done with a brush dipped in black or colored ink; oils are not used. As with calligraphy, the most popular materials on which paintings are made of are paper and silk. The finished work can be mounted on scrolls, such as hanging scrolls or handscrolls. Traditional painting can also be done on album sheets, walls, lacquerware, folding screens, and other media.
The two main techniques in Chinese painting are:
Wang Meng (1309 -1385)
Here is an art painting painted to Chinese, oriental technique and style:
This is my own painting using approx. 120,000 brushstrokes of a very famous painting by Wang Meng, a very great, 14th century, renowned and impressive Chinese traditional, oriental artist.
The two main techniques in Chinese painting are:
- Gong-bi (工筆), meaning "meticulous", uses highly detailed brushstrokes that delimits details very precisely. It is often highly coloured and usually depicts figural or narrative subjects. It is mostly practised by artists working for the court or in independent workshops.
- Ink and wash painting, in Chinese Shui-mo or (水墨[1]) also loosely termed watercolour or brush painting, and also known as "literati painting", as it was one of the "Four Arts" of the Chinese Scholar-official class.[2] In theory this was an amateur art practised by gentlemen, a distinction that begins to be made in writings on art from the Song dynasty, though in fact the careers of leading exponents could benefit considerably.[3] This style is also referred to as "xie yi" (寫意) or freehand style.
Wang Meng (1309 -1385)
Here is an art painting painted to Chinese, oriental technique and style:
This is my own painting using approx. 120,000 brushstrokes of a very famous painting by Wang Meng, a very great, 14th century, renowned and impressive Chinese traditional, oriental artist.
Description of the original:
English: Ge Zhichuan Relocating (葛稚川移居)
Hanging Scroll, ink and color on paper, 139 x 58 cm. Palace Museum, Beijing.
See Richard M. Barnhart, Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting, Yale University Press, 1997. Page 177. 日本語: 王蒙「葛稚川移居圖軸」 元・1360年代 紙本着色 北京市、故宮博物院 Date 14th century, Yuan Dynasty, China
Artist: Wang Meng (1309–1385)
Wang Meng (王蒙, Wáng Méng; Zi: Shūmíng 叔明, Hao: Xiāngguāng Jūshì 香光居士) (c. 1308 – 1385) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan Dynasty. He was born in Huzhou (湖州), now known as Wuxing (吴兴), Zhejiang. He was a maternal grandson of Zhao Mengfu, thus making him a descendant of the Song Dynasty's royal bloodline.
Wang Meng is considered to be one of the four great masters of the Yuan Dynasty, along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Ni Zan. They famously refused to serve the Mongolian rulers of their country. In contrast to many renowned painters in previous history, these artists mostly worked on paper instead of silk, an indication of the importance they gave to the calligraphic touch of the brush on paper. They exclusively painted landscapes, which they believed to be the visible key to the invisible reality. They restricted their acquaintanceship to each other, and like-minded "wen ren" (gentleman-scholars).[1]
Wang Meng was the least famous in his own time. Nevertheless, his style greatly influenced later Chinese Painting. In contrast to the relatively spare style of his compatriots, his ropy brushstrokes piled one on the other to produce masses of texture combined in dense and involved patterns.[2]
Here is another of my digital paintings of Wang Meng's original painting,titled 'Wang Meng Writing Books under the Pine Trees':
English: Ge Zhichuan Relocating (葛稚川移居)
Hanging Scroll, ink and color on paper, 139 x 58 cm. Palace Museum, Beijing.
See Richard M. Barnhart, Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting, Yale University Press, 1997. Page 177. 日本語: 王蒙「葛稚川移居圖軸」 元・1360年代 紙本着色 北京市、故宮博物院 Date 14th century, Yuan Dynasty, China
Artist: Wang Meng (1309–1385)
Wang Meng (王蒙, Wáng Méng; Zi: Shūmíng 叔明, Hao: Xiāngguāng Jūshì 香光居士) (c. 1308 – 1385) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan Dynasty. He was born in Huzhou (湖州), now known as Wuxing (吴兴), Zhejiang. He was a maternal grandson of Zhao Mengfu, thus making him a descendant of the Song Dynasty's royal bloodline.
Wang Meng is considered to be one of the four great masters of the Yuan Dynasty, along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Ni Zan. They famously refused to serve the Mongolian rulers of their country. In contrast to many renowned painters in previous history, these artists mostly worked on paper instead of silk, an indication of the importance they gave to the calligraphic touch of the brush on paper. They exclusively painted landscapes, which they believed to be the visible key to the invisible reality. They restricted their acquaintanceship to each other, and like-minded "wen ren" (gentleman-scholars).[1]
Wang Meng was the least famous in his own time. Nevertheless, his style greatly influenced later Chinese Painting. In contrast to the relatively spare style of his compatriots, his ropy brushstrokes piled one on the other to produce masses of texture combined in dense and involved patterns.[2]
Here is another of my digital paintings of Wang Meng's original painting,titled 'Wang Meng Writing Books under the Pine Trees':
This painting of mine took 250,000 brushstrokes to create.The original is held in a collection in Cleveland Museum of Art, in the US.
Plenty of the originals of his famous paintings are located in Beijing, China.
Plenty of the originals of his famous paintings are located in Beijing, China.