Wang Hui
Wang Hui
Wang Hui (from April 10, 1632 to November 15, 1717) was named shigu, gengyan Sanren, Jianmen qiaoke, WUMUSHAN, Qinghui old man, etc. He was born in Changshu, Suzhou, Jiangnan province. The famous painter in Qing Dynasty is known as "the sage of painting in early Qing Dynasty". Together with Wang Jian, Wang Shimin and Wang Yuanqi, they are known as the "four kings" of landscape painters. On painting, they advocate "to use yuan people's brush and ink, to transport Song people's hills, and to use Tang people's charm."
Style features
Wang Hui was fond of painting when he was young. He inherited his family's painting and studied painting with his fellow countryman Zhang Ke, who studied Huang Gongwang's painting method. He showed his extraordinary painting ability very early. Wang Hui learned from Wang Shimin and Wang Jian. However, his landscape paintings are not limited to one family. They are widely collected and collected. They are a combination of the great achievements of various schools since the Tang and Song Dynasties, integrating the northern and southern painting schools. On the basis of Wang Shimin and Wang Jian's development of Nanzong School of painting, Wang Hui used some techniques of beizong School of painting for reference to sort out the tradition of landscape painting comprehensively, forming a comprehensive and general rule. Wang Hui perfectly combined Huang Gongwang's and Wang Meng's calligraphic pen with Juran's and fan Kuan's composition to create a rich and vigorous landscape painting style. As a result, his paintings of Jiangnan scenery are often full of life and interest. Wang Hui likes to use both dry and wet strokes in his paintings, and he often uses fine strokes for texturing, which makes the picture more complicated. It was once said that "it is a great achievement to use yuan people's pen and ink, to use song people's Qiuhe, and to use Tang people's charm.". In his early stage, his painting style was clear and beautiful, while in his later stage, he tended to be boundless and profound. The composition is full of changes, and ink and light magenta are well rendered. Some critics also pointed out that Wang Hui's pen was too skillful, some paintings appeared to be engraved, the ink method had little change, and the composition was a little congested.
Evaluation of time and people
Wang Hui, Wang Shimin, Wang Jian and Wang Yuanqi are called "four kings" together. Together with Wu Li and Yun Shouping, they are called "six schools in the early Qing Dynasty" or "four kings Wu Yun". His painting skills are profound, good at imitating the ancient, almost can be true, but can not be limited by the method. Some works are rich in the interest of sketching, changeable composition, well sketched, polished and rendered, and bright style. It is more prominent among the four kings. His painting was very famous in the Qing Dynasty. In 1691, he was ordered to draw the painting of Kangxi's tour to the south, which took three years to complete. He was summoned by the crown prince Yinren and was praised by the four characters of "landscape Qinghui". He is regarded as the authentic painting and has many followers. Because he is from Changshu, there is Yushan in Changshu, so later generations call him Yushan school.
personal works
The painting of Kangxi's southern Tour (cooperated with Yang Jin and others), the painting of Xiaosi temple in Qiushan mountain, the painting of Fenglin in Yushan Mountain, the painting of dusky crow in autumn tree and the painting of Fangzhou (collected in Changshu Museum) are handed down. He is the author of Qinghui painting postscript. Wang Hui's paintings have always been expensive and are still popular among collectors. This can be proved by the latest transaction price. On June 1, 1989, Christie's took out a copy of Wang's ancient mountains and waters at the auction of important ancient Chinese paintings. It was collected by the Qing government and recorded in Shiqu's precious books. It was one of Wang's representative works of ancient landscapes. The price was 150000-180000 U.S. dollars, and the final price reached 396000 U.S. dollars. Although the price of later paintings decreased, they were still considerable compared with other Qing Dynasty painters. In the same year, Christie's another "exquisite Chinese painting and calligraphy" auction, its price fell again. Wang Hui's painting axis of poems in autumn forest is rigorous in composition, suitable for the far mountains and near lakes, and natural in ink and wash color. There are two questions of the painter on the picture. He says that he has the charm of Cao Yunxi, which reflects the master's ability of imitating the ancient. The price of this picture is estimated at US $25000 to US $35000, and the price of this picture is US $52800. On November 26, 1990, Sotheby's auctioned a scroll of his "Taibai Spring View" in New York for $71500. Two days later, Christie's also auctioned a work of his in New York, a light colored silk copy of "imitating Dong Yuan's summer mountain" with a vertical axis, which was sold for $62000. From these three examples, we can see his current market situation. Wang Hui's paintings
Chinese PinYin : Wang Hui
Wang Hui
