I heard it's called "Four Exquisites of Ink and Wash". Does anyone know who painted it?

Do you know what the four wonders of ink and wash are?

Huangzhou draws donkeys.

China people have good taste in art and are very picky about subjects. To put it bluntly, they are not that popular. Donkey, dark and dirty, can't enter the elegant hall. Huangzhou painted donkeys, which not only painted the innocence of donkeys, but also painted the virtues of donkeys. It is a contribution to vindicate donkeys discriminated by human beings for thousands of years. He once praised the donkey: "I have experienced ups and downs in my life and never complained to the world." In fact, this is precisely the self-portrayal of the painter's personality.

Xu Beihong's horse

Modern painting master Xu Beihong (1895- 1953) was born in Yixing, Jiangsu. In painting creation, he opposes formalism, insists on realistic style, and advocates that "those who are good at the ancient law should keep it, those who are bad at it should continue it, those who are not good at it should change it, those who are not good at it should increase it, and western painting can be combined." Inherit the excellent tradition of Chinese painting, absorb the advantages of western painting and create your own unique style. He is good at Chinese painting and oil painting, especially at sketching. He has profound attainments and is good at vivid expression. The famous oil paintings, Tian Heng 500, and Chinese paintings, such as Jiufanggao and Gong Yu Yishan, are the most important to join Tokyo. Painting horses is world-famous, with vigorous brushwork, great boldness of vision and avoidance of color, all of which are new. . His masterpiece "Running Horse" is the most popular. Intercropping flowers, birds and cats is also unique and interesting. He is the author of Prudence, Chu Lun, Hong Bei's Painting, Hong Bei's Painting and Hong Bei's Ink Painting.

Li Keran painted cows.

"Cows, too, have infinite strength, and bow their heads and listen without trying to be brave. Life-long fatigue, doing things without taking credit. Pure and gentle, sometimes strong and stubborn, moving forward steadily, not stepping on the air, describing it as unpretentious and magnificent. I admire its sex and love its shape, so I never tire of writing. "

This is the postscript written by Li Keran, a famous painter, on his works with cattle as the theme for many times. Cattle is Mr Li Keran's favorite object in his life. From the 1940s to the end of his life, he left many wonderful works with the theme of cattle.

The cows painted by Li Keran are very interesting in life, which is related to his long-term in-depth life, sitting tight and being familiar with the behavior habits of cows. The cows in his works walk, lie down or drown in the water; On the back of the cow, the childlike shepherd boy is carefree, or watching the mountains, talking about the sky, or running a race, and with a few strokes, he draws a simple and vibrant pastoral scene. He can properly grasp the shape, proportion and dynamics of cattle, and he can vividly depict the simple character and characteristics of cattle. His paintings of cows are too broken, which is the result of his years of artistic practice. Li Keran also named his studio "Teacher's Cow Hall", expressing his artistic pursuit of assiduous progress with cows as a teacher. Now people regard his cow, Qi Baishi's shrimp, Xu Beihong's horse and Huangzhou's donkey as the four wonders of China ink painting in the 20th century.

White shrimp

Qi Baishi's shrimp painting can be said to be a must in the painting world, which is vivid, vivid and full of charm. He used light ink to draw a body with infiltration color, and the shrimp body was crystal clear. Take the vertical point of rough ink as the eye, write horizontally as the brain, drop ink into gold, and use a pen to convey the spirit. The meticulous brushwork on the beard, claw and big claw combines rigidity with softness, concise and vivid, which shows the painter's superb calligraphy skills. The painter writes shrimp from life, but it goes beyond life, boldly generalizes and simplifies it, and is more vivid.