An Analysis Of The Color Of Yu Fei'an Fine Brushwork Flower And Bird Painting

Color is one of the basic elements of an artistic style.The use of color have great influence on the visual effect and emotional expression."Danqing",as the traditional allegation of Chinese painting,has undergone a transformation from color to water-and-ink in the history of Chinese painting.To the early Qing Dynasty,the unique features of painting language and color were gradually presented,the fine brushwork flower-and-bird painting based on color became fading.In the middle of Qing Dynasty,with the introduction of western thought,western painting was introduced because of its accurate shape and rich color.Yu Feian has made outstanding achievements in the color setting of Fine brushwork flower-and-bird painting.Although his painting style is mainly based on tradition,To a certain extent,it is also affected by western ideas.In this paper,the color of flower-and-bird painting of Yu Feian is taken as the research object.On the premise of combing and comparing the color concepts and colors of Chinese and Western paintings,it analyzes the characteristics,origins and influences of their colors and reveals that the color of Yu Feian's fine brushwork flower-and-bird painting was influenced by the west,but its root still comes from the Chinese traditional philosophy of color and the aesthetic concept of literati painting.Yu Feian revived academic flower and bird painting via color.On the one hand,it inherits the elegant and classic artistic style of traditional Chinese painting.On the other hand,it absorbs the concept of color and creative techniques of folk art,including New year's pictures,lantern paintings,Chinese silk tapestry,etc.At the same time,the color concept of western painting is used for reference,including contrast relationship,color emotion and so on,the characteristics of the times are infused,and the unique artistic appearance of beautiful and colorful,elegant and both refined and popular tastes is formed.Yu Feian is a symbol of the modern transformation of fine brushwork flower-and-bird painting.Exploring and analyzing its color style and origin is helpful for us to master the creation method and rules of fine brushwork flower-and-bird painting from the macroscopic angle,and to understand the relationship between inheritance and innovation correctly,which has far-reaching influence on the fine brushwork flower-and-bird painting at that time and even in later ages.