Shou Portraits His Works

Chen Hongshou is the most outstanding artist of figure painting. In his works the figures are high, and lines are powerful, clear, elegant and refined. The models are exaggerated. He created the article style of depth, classic, oddness and speciality. His figure painting mainly reflected in the scroll paintings and woodcut paintings. Starting from the introduction of his life experience, thoughts and characters.The author then analyses the origin of his painting thoughts and style. And on this base, the author from the two points of view: scroll paintings and woodcut paintings, analyses thoroughly his figure paintings. Then the conclusion is: Chen Hongshou has affected directly the development of later figure paintings. Because of the modernism of his figure paintings, it also sets a good example for us to improve the figure paintings in the new era.