The Rising And Fall Of Scholar Painting

"Scholar Painting" is one kind of special drawing in the Chinese history of art, distinguishes in the folk painting and the palace painting and so on the professional painter's drawing. "Scholar Painting" initiates in the Wei-Jin,Southern and Northern Dynasties, completed in the Sui Tang and 5-Dynasty periods. Prosperous to Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty finally mounts the painting world the dominant status, simultaneously also developed the high point. The Ming Dynasty "Scholar Painting" developed "Latter Scholar Painting" in The Ming Dynasty, is retaining the artist's independent free drawing spirit, and simultaneously integrates the professional painter's performance technique.The Ming Dynasty last years, Dong Qichang proposes "The Southern and Northern Schools Theory" ; Praise "Southern Faction", disparaging" Northern Faction". The majority of scholars all support him. So take "Four Wang" as representative, the copy method is in vogue; this causes "Scholar Painting" to turn "False Scholar Painting". Qing Dynasty's time, the Scholar painter depends upon sells the picture for to live. They draw very quickly; their modeling is not good. Their pictures and Scholar Painting entirely different, called it "Scholar Bi Mo"The posterity has to Scholar Painting very misunderstands; thought illegible is the Scholar Painting. This article attempts to analyze the Scholar Painting development the stage, the characteristic and the change, take the main painter as the clue. Perhaps this may let us have a profound understanding to it.