Gentle Breeze And Bright Moon-the Research Of Chen Hongshou’s Painting Of Beautiful Women

Chenhongshou,an important artist in late Ming and early Qing dynasties,mastered poetry,calligraphy,painting and seal cutting.Landscapes,flowers and birds and figures were all involved in his paintings,especially in figures, his achievement was an another peak in Ming and Qing Dynasties.after Zhang Xuan and Zhou Fang who were masters in Tang Dynasty.He was innovative in paintings,of beauties by learning Tang,Song and Yuan’s painting skills.His concept of painting were changing gradually according to his own aesthetic conception and tough life.The image of his paintings was seen to be grotesque,which was actually not.Old Lotus,which was his alternative name,was influenced by mind philosophy so that he did not care about the rules in painting and was dissolute in life.All his behaviors were for disguise his sorrow and guilty for his unsuccessful career and country.Chen liked drawing beauty paintings at his old age because he stayed with women for a long time and knew their characters.His painting was passionate,weird external but was calm and rational internal,which formed a his own aesthetic style and brought a higher level to Chinese grotesque painting.Chen’s paintings not only make a influence on later generations,but also bring an access for young artist to study beauty paintings.