From The Autume Colors On The Que And Hua Mountains To Interpret Zhao Mengfu’s Painting Style

KongZi once said that:"The wisdom is as happy as running water. People who believein virtue and morality is as long as the quiet mountain."This shows that the greatphilosophers of China endow water and mountain with character and emotion.Expressingemotions is the one of the most striking feature of the Yuan Dynasty.The philosophy ofChina has a profound impact on Chinese landscape painting.In the long history of China,landscape painters emerge in an endless stream which promotes the development ofChinese landscape painting.Zhao Mengfu who was born in1254and dead in1322,descendants of the royal clanof Southern Song Dynasty who becomes a government official of Yuan Dynasty.Duringhis life, he didn’t achieve his political ideals in official circles,so he turned to art creationwith enthusiasm which has a profound impact on the Chinese Art History.Zhao Mengfuhas outstanding achievements in many fields,such as poetry,calligraphy,painting,music andso on，especially in painting.In Yuan Dynasty,along with Literati painters emerge in anendless stream, literati painting has an air of prosperity. Zhao Mengfu was born in thespecial historical environment and background of times.His ideas of literati painting andthe practice of painting has an influence on the painting of Yuan Dynasty.The Autumn Colors On The Que and Hua Mountains is regarded as Zhao Mengfu’smost representative masterpiece.This painting describes the natural scenery of Quemountain and Hua mountain which is located in northern JiNan.The Autumn Colors OnThe Que and Hua Mountains is the mark of formation of Zhao Mengfu’s gentle and elegantdrawing feature, as well as the the mark of formation of Zhao Mengfu’s green landscapetends to be mature. Zhao Mengfu studys China traditional literati painting Seriously.In addition to hispursuit of Art and practice of painting,he pioneered the new fashion of Literati paintingwhich lead the development direction of the Yuan Dynasty art and have a far-reachinginfluence on literati painting of the future generations.