Landscape Painting by Qing Dynasty Master Artist Yun Shou-ping (1633-1690)
清大畫家惲壽平(1633-1690) 山水畫
Yun Shou-ping (1633-1690),
original name Ge, zi Shouping, Zhengsbu, hao Nantian, Yuxi Waishi, Dongytian Caoyi, Balytin Waishi, was a native of Wujin, Jiangsu. He was born in a poor family and did not get the chance to attend civil examinations. He later earned his living by selling paintings.
Yun excelled in painting landscapes and flowers. He practised landscape painting in the styles of the Song and Yuan masters, but later he gave it up after he had seen and had been much impressed by the works of Wang Hui. Kiiowing that the landscape painung was not his strength, he devoted himself in flower painting which follows the boneless method of Xu Xi and is characterized by charming and elegant colour tones. Yun was one of the most important flower painters in the Qing dynasty and also the founder of Changzhou School. Besides he was also one of the Six Masters of the Early Qing.
惲壽平(1633一1690)
清代書畫家。初名格，字壽平，后以字行，改字正叔，號南田，別號雲溪外史，江蘇武進人。晚居城東，號東園客、草衣生，遷白雲避，又號白雲外史，日初(1601一1678）子，清兵南下，父子散失，壽平十三歲被帥主媼收養，后以計脫歸。家貧，生而敏慧，能詩，精行楷書，師法褚遂良，如簪花美人，清朗綽約，初善山水，筆黑秀峭。后與王翬結交，自歉曰"是道讓兄獨步，格恥為天下第二手"遂多作花鳥，斟酌古今，以北宋徐崇嗣沒骨法為宗，與唐于光等被目為惲派(亦稱"常州派","毗院派'}，其山水，一丘一壑，清秀超逸，氣味隽雅，實勝過王翬，華喦曾題其畫冊："筆尖刷却世間塵，能使江山面目新，我亦低頭經意匠，烟霞先后不同春."王翬亦推重之，贈詩："墨花飛處起雲烟，逸興，縱橫玳瑁筵，自有雄談傾四座，諸侯席上說南田."落拓雅尚，遇知己，整月為之點染;非其人，則視百金如土芥，不畫一花片葉，故邀游數十年，清貧如故。后人把他與王時敏、王鑒、王翬、王原祁、吳歷合稱"清六家"，或稱"四王吳惲"，傳世畫迹有康熙十四年(1675)作＜落花游魚圖＞軸，現藏上海博物館， 二十一年作＜錦石秋花圖＞軸，藏南京博物院;＜松柏圖＞軸，藏天津市藝術博物館，＜臨流賦詩圖＞軸，圖錄于＜故宮書畫集＞，著有＜甌香館集＞、＜南田詩鈔＞、＜南田畫跋＞，