A Probe Into The Color Of Zhang Shu-Qi’s Pink Color Freehand Flower-and-bird Painting

Zhang Shuqi is a legend in the modern Chinese painting.He was also called the "Three Masters of Jinling" with Xu Beihong and Liu Zigu during the Republic of China.His "Hundred Pigeons" was presented to the President of the United States as a national gift by the government at the time,it was well-known overseas and his artistic achievements were remarkable.In the early 20 th century,with the invasion of Western powers,China evolved into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.The change in the nature of society has caused Chinese arts to change from traditional forms to modern forms.The negative literati paintings that prevailed in the Qing Dynasty based on teacher inheritance and imitation as the fashion,and for the purpose of escape and self-entertainment are no longer in line with the social development trend.Zhang Shuqi’s charming pastel freehand painting inherited the quintessence of traditional painting,combined with the color expression of western watercolor and gouache,created a new style of modern freehand flower-and-bird painting,and won the title of "powderist painter".Through Zhang Shuqi’s unique "white powder" technique,this paper analyzes the color composition of Zhang Shuqi’s pink color freehand flower-and-bird painting.He "replaces ink with powder",reduces the area of black,expands the area of white,"adjusts ink with powder" to improve color brightness,and "adjusts color with powder" to reduce color purity.These high-brightness and low-purity colors bring us bright,elegant,clear and beautiful visual features.Looking back at the color history of traditional Chinese flower-and-bird painting,some important color theories such as "color given by the class" and "above ink" are relatively subjective and abstract color expressions.Zhang Shuqi attaches importance to the rich expression of inherent color and color level,and carries on the color expression by objective reproduction.His emphasis on visual feeling and visual expression is different from thepsychological expression of traditional ink color,and highlights the painting nature of artistic creation.Zhang Shuqi uses "realism" to "freehand brushwork",which is an objective representation of concrete expression,which expands the ways of expression of freehand brushwork flowers and birds.Zhang Shuqi’s pastel freehand paintings with accurate and vivid shapes and rich colors show a fresh,elegant and secular artistic style,which is an unprecedented work with a good match between pen and ink and color,which has influenced a large number of flower-and-bird painting creators of later generations.Basic content of the paper:First,in the background of the modern transformation of modern Chinese painting,analyze the source of the color expression of Zhang Shuqi’s pastel vivid expression and bold outline of flower-and-bird paintings.Second,through analyze the color expression techniquesof Zhang Shuqi’s pastel vivid expression and bold outline of flower-and-bird paintings,to understand Zhang Shuqi’s color exploration path.Third,analyze the color composition of Zhang Shuqi’s pastel vivid expression and bold outline of flower-and-bird paintings,summarize the visual characteristics of the artworks of bright,elegant,clear and pretty,and realize the objective and realistic characteristics of Zhang Shuqi’s pastel reveal vivid expression and bold outline of flower-and-bird painting colors.Different from the traditional literati’s ink painting which emphasizes psychological expression,his lyrical expression is expressed through visual intuition.Fourth,summarize the influence and enlightenment of the pastels explored by Zhang Shuqi.His creative brushwork method based on using "Realism" to "Vivid Expression and Bold Outline" has promoted the modernization of vivid expression and bold outline of flower-and-bird paintings;retains the essence of traditional painting,combines the interest of writing with the vividness of color,and realizes the artistic aesthetics of Chinese and foreign audiences;and the courage of continuous innovation has also had a profound impact on the artistic creation of domestic flower and bird painters.