Analysis Of "Refinement" And "Reduction" In Liang Kai’s Paintings

Figure painting in Song Dynasty is varied from brush and ink technique to style,and painters show the new style of figure painting in Song Dynasty with unique brush and ink art.In particular,Liang Kai’s ink painting "reduced brush"(Jian Bi)figures expressed outstanding originality and revolutionary spirit,and became a school of their own in the song Dynasty figure painting world,reaching a milestone existence.Liang Kai was born in the imperial academy of Painting.His early painting style of "fine brush"(Xi Bi)not only inherited the artistic conception of composition of his predecessors,but also had his own characteristics and was full of true feelings.On the basis of learning from his predecessors,he combined what he learned to create his own unique style,both in character modeling and ink language have made new creation and exploration;In the transition period,the pen is extensive and fast,and "reduced" with "fine",so as to pave the way for the real "reduced brush" in the later period.In his later years,Liang Kai developed his original figure painting "Reduced brush",which,although concise,could accurately and flexibly express the voice and appearance of characters.His representative works "Story scroll of Eight Eminent Monks","Six Ancestors Stabbing Bamboo","Splash-ink Immortal" these three works clearly highlight the change process of Liang Kai’s brush and ink.No matter the layout of the picture,or the expression of the character image,Liang Kai is doing the "extreme" originality,which has had a profound influence on the later generations.Of course,in addition to the late "reduced brush" style has a profound influence on the later generations,the early rigorous "fine brush" style also still influenced a group of painters.His Story scroll of Eight Eminent Monks is not only the representative work of the rigorous "fine brush" style in the early stage,but also lays a solid foundation for the splash-ink "reduced brush" style of Liang Kai in the later stage,and exerts a profound influence on later painters.Liang Kai transformed the real natural form into artistic pictures full of personal temperament,thus pushing figure painting to a new height.