Research On Jin Nong’s Inscriptions And Calligraphy

As a famous painter in the mid-Qing Dynasty,Jin Nong was an important representative among the cloth painters.Although he is famous for his paintings,his inscription calligraphy is self-contained among the Eight Monsters of Yangzhou and has a unique artistic value,rich in unexpected meanings,and can shine in the history of Chinese inscriptions and paintings.This paper takes Jin Nong’s inscription calligraphy as the object of study,based on the background of the era in which Jin Nong lived,and discusses his fat and rich inscription calligraphy and his lean and bony inscription calligraphy through the combing of Jin Nong’s personal remarks and his related paintings,and explores the transformation of his inscription calligraphy that occurred around the twenty-first year of the Qianlong era.In addition,the paper focuses on the characteristics of Jinong’s inscriptions and calligraphy,from three perspectives: the rise of the jinshi style,the relationship between painting and the market,and the form of Jinong’s inscriptions and calligraphy,and identifies the main aspects of Jinong’s inscriptions and calligraphy,the efforts Jinong made to cater to the market,and the relationship between Jinong’s inscriptions and calligraphy and painting as mutual subjects.The three main characteristics of Jinong’s calligraphy are explained from multiple angles and in a comprehensive manner,with a view to adding to the study of Jinong’s calligraphy.