Names of the Four Great Painters in Tang Dynasty

The names of the four great painters in the Tang Dynasty are:

1, Wu Daozi: Wu Daozi, (about 680 ~ 759 AD), a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, was honored as a saint in the history of painting, also known as Daoxuan. He is good at Buddhism, ghosts and gods, figures, landscapes, animals, plants, pavilions and so on. , especially good at Buddhism and figures, and good at mural creation. Representative works include Born of Gautama Buddha, Ming Taizu Seal Map and Zhong Kui Finger Map.

2. Yan: Yan (about 60 1-673) was a statesman and great painter in the Tang Dynasty. His main works include Bujitu, Statues of Emperors in Past Dynasties, Palace Map, Xiao Yi Income Lanting Map, etc.

3. Han Gan (about 706-783), a painter in the Tang Dynasty, was famous for painting horses. Representative works include: Horse Wrapped Map, Night White Map, etc.

4. Zhou Fang: (8th century-early 9th century), a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, his representative works include The Five-Star True Image, Yang Fei Bathing Picture, Princess Counting Parrots, and Zanhua Ladies Picture.

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Wu Daozi:

Wu Daozi's outstanding achievement in painting art stems from his deliberate innovation and courage to create. "Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties" recorded his two words: "Everyone looks near, but I paint far away. Everyone cares about the image, but I am far from vulgar." This shows his unconventional and bold spirit of innovation in painting. Therefore, his works have become a model for painters to learn, and his paintings are called "Wu Family".

Therefore, Zhu, a native of the Tang Dynasty, commented on the painters of the Tang Dynasty in the Preface to Famous Paintings of the Tang Dynasty, saying that "modern painters are good at their names, but fortunately, Wu Daozi is talented and can be unique in the world." ?

Yan:

Yan is good at painting pavilions, chariots and horses, portraits of people, especially at painting historical figures and genre paintings of major themes. There are sixty or seventy of his paintings mentioned in Records of Famous Paintings in Past Dynasties, Records of Famous Paintings in Tang Dynasty and Xuanhe Paintings. Yan was ordered to paint the twenty-four outstanding figures of Lingyange in Taiji Hall.

His works include Eighteen Scholars of Qin Dynasty, Jin Yan of Wei Zhi, Painting and Calligraphy Volume of Northern Qi School, Treasure Map Abroad, Tribute Map of Western Regions, Ming Ling Map, Overseas Map, Yonghui Courtiers Map and so on. There are emperors' maps, Xiao Yi's Lanting map, walking map, etc. Besides painting, Yan is also good at writing poems, such as "Taoist Worship Your Majesty" and "Wushan Gao".

Yan's True Face of Emperor Taizong, Eighteen Pictures of Qin Lou and Twenty-four Famous Pictures of Lingyange are vivid, and they are excellent works at that time, and are praised as "the model of Danqing".

Han Gan:

Han Gan (about 706-783), a painter in the Tang Dynasty, was famous for painting horses and was born in Lantian (now Lantian, Shaanxi).

As a teenager, Han Gan was only an employee of a hotel. Later, he was appreciated by the poet Wang Wei and helped him learn painting. After graduation, he was called a court painter. He studied under Cao Ba and became independent. Official to a teacher's office. He is good at drawing portraits of people, especially horses, and attaches importance to sketching. The emperor ordered him to learn from Chen Hong, a famous horse painter at that time. He refused and said, "I have my own teacher. Your majesty's horses are ministers and teachers."

Because we attach importance to sketching, we draw more horses than the ancients. Later famous horse painters Li, Zhao Mengfu and others all studied under him. He also painted many portraits and Buddhist religious paintings, but none of them were handed down from generation to generation.

Map of herdsman, silk edition. It is 27.5 cm long and 34. 1 cm wide. Taiwan Province National Palace Museum. Light-colored paintings, black and white double horses, and the Hu people ride one and control two. On the painting is Song Huizong's inscription, "Han Gan was originally scheduled to write a sea pen". The figures and horses are very vivid, and the inscription in Hui Zong's thin gold calligraphy is also very powerful, and there is a Southern Tang Imperial Seal, which is undoubtedly the original of Han Gan.

There are also horses such as Jade Flower King and White Horse.

Zhou Fang:

Zhou Fang (8th century-early 9th century) was a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, whose name was Zhong Lang, Xuanjing, and Jing Zhao (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi). His date of birth and death is unknown. Born in a famous family, he has served as a long history of Yuezhou and Xuanzhou.

He could write, was good at drawing figures and Buddha statues, especially noble women. He was dignified in appearance, plump in figure and soft in color, and was deeply loved by court scholars at that time.

He was an important figure painter after Wu Daozi in the middle Tang Dynasty. He was a famous religious painter and figure painter at that time. He took Zhang Xuan as an example in his early years, and later changed it to innovation. The most famous Buddhist image created by Zhou Fang is "Shuiyue Guanyin".

His Buddhist paintings have long been a popular standard, known as the "Zhou Family Painting Style". There are three volumes handed down from generation to generation, namely, the picture of a hairpin and a phoenix, the picture of a beautiful woman shaking a fan, and the picture of tuning the piano and sipping tea.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wu Daozi

Baidu encyclopedia-Yan

Baidu Encyclopedia-Han Gan

Baidu encyclopedia-Zhou pang