Authors and titles of all flower-and-bird paintings from Sui and Tang Dynasties to Qing Dynasty

Sun Xueji, the famous minister of Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng. The official positions of Prince Shaobao and Minister of Rites are called "Xue Shaobao". He is famous for his calligraphy and is one of the four great calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty. He is also good at drawing figures, Buddha statues, birds and animals, trees and stones, especially cranes. It is said that he is a must, and Li Bai and Du Fu all sang his poems about cranes. There are no more paintings.

In Song Dynasty, Cui Bai's Cold Bird Map, Li Gou's Hua Lantu and Water Lotus Map were unknown.

Cui Bai's "Sparrows in Cold Region" describes a group of sparrows that are chirping in the middle of winter and still jumping and playing on the branches of deciduous old trees. They are full of vitality in different modes and absorb the active characteristics of sparrows. At the same time, the painter uses the rules of formal beauty such as contrast and transformation, such as the contrast between the round and soft shapes of the trunk of an old tree and the sparrow, and the straight and curved shape to make the work more artistic.

Song Li's "Hua Lantu", although the frame is small (19.2x26. 1cm), depicts a group of flowers such as camellia, hollyhock and grass in a basket in a very realistic way, which is not only similar, but also full of vitality.

The anonymous "Lotus Out of the Water" is small (23.8X25. 1 cm), but it is very delicate and vivid, and it is painted in a boneless way (meaning that the object is directly painted in color without ink lines). The whole painting seems to be painted in various colors, and there are no traces of ink lines. Pale pink petals, pale yellow stamens, dew at dawn, spotless, elegant and charming flower posture, just at the best moment when the bud first blooms. Outstanding performance of the noble character of the lotus. This is a rare masterpiece of flower sketches in the Song Dynasty.

Xu Wei, a famous painter in Ming Dynasty, wrote Miscellaneous Flower Scroll, which is the masterpiece of this style. The whole painting consists of eleven parts, including peony, pomegranate, lotus, phoenix tree, chrysanthemum, pumpkin, lentil, crape myrtle, grape, plantain, plum, bamboo and narcissus. It is a whole painting in one go, but the description of objects is meticulous. In the change of ink and wash, it gives people a feeling of vigor and vitality.

Zhu Long was a famous painter in the early Qing Dynasty. He is descended from the royal family of the Ming Dynasty. He became a monk after his death, and in order to escape persecution, he expressed his hatred for the rulers of the Qing Dynasty. He was nicknamed "Badashanren". His paintings are lyrical by borrowing things. In his "Lotus Waterbird Map", the solitary stone hangs upside down, the residual lotus hangs obliquely, and a waterfowl crouches alone on the top of the stone with its neck narrowed, as if staring with wide eyes, looking extremely cold and withdrawn, much like the painter's self-portrayal. The whole painting is concise, and the large blank in the painting enhances the sad atmosphere of the work, just as the ancients said, "Where there is no painting, there is a beauty."

Banqiao Nuo Zheng Xie is a representative of Yangzhou Painting School in Qing Dynasty, and he is good at painting orchids and bamboos. His "Zhu Congtu" is a cluster of ink bamboo, alternating between old and new, alternating between light and shade, overlapping and scattered, dense and beautiful, vigorous and beautiful, old and tender. It is also a long topic among bamboo branches, so it is interesting.