Appreciation of Jiang Tingxi's Lotus Crane in Qing Dynasty

Judging from the existing works, his painting techniques are mostly the combination of boneless and sketching, and the combination of ink and colored ink, which embodies the freehand brushwork and neat and simple style. His paintings catch up with those of Shen Zhou, Chen Chun and others, with the brushwork of Yuan people, natural harmony and vivid style, and the charm of clouds. Therefore, his painting style is characterized by simplicity, elegance and simplicity, which has a great influence on later generations.

This painting depicts the colors of autumn with light strokes. In the painting, there are streams gurgling, three or two hibiscus flowers blooming in the wind, egrets slim and graceful, grass by the stream, and a bird overlooking raccoons on a reed swaying in the wind. Modeling and expression are extremely vivid, and the whole painting gives people a relaxed, natural and fresh atmosphere. In the way of expression, the painter simply summed up a few strokes with light ink, and then outlined the vivid charm of the crane. Describe the Leng Yan fragrance of hibiscus flowers with moderate ink color, and the ink color is moist; Stamens are lit with Jiao Mo, and the ink color is rich and varied. The hibiscus leaves are painted with thick ink and light ink respectively, and the veins are painted with heavy ink. The whole technique is neat and meticulous, which is in contrast with the thick ink brushwork of reed stems behind. Then, a bird is tilted on the reed pole by ink stippling. It looks alert and dynamic, echoing the crane in a white coat with a leisurely manner on the ground stream, making the picture quite natural, vivid and lyrical.

In the composition of this painting, the overall layout is appropriate and natural, especially the division and extension of the picture by the stream, which makes the water and sky one color and creates an ethereal and profound artistic conception. The color of ink is varied, the layers are distinct, the colors are bright and light, and the combination of brushwork, especially a little ochre in the pen and ink, makes the picture fresh and elegant, with high grade, which is completely different from the style of "painting the temple with thick ink" that court painters have always made, and embodies the emotional charm of literati.

Department: Autumn in Shen Jia was written in Bronze Xuan You Jun Jiang Tinghua. Zhong "stands" Bai and "has a gentleman" Zhu. Shen Jia was in the 43rd year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1704), and Jiang Tingfu was 36 years old, which was the beginning of his junior high school entrance examination, and his life was full of ambition.