There are no cars and horses in the empty mountain, and the sun shines alone. When you read these two lines of poetry, what picture comes to mind? Tang Yin, a painter of the Ming Dynasty, painted a landscape based on poetry, called "Walking Alone in the Frost Forest", which depicted the situation described in the poem. In his paintings, he can't see the sunset, but only a person walking alone in the cold forest wilderness, and the feeling of loneliness and sadness overflows outside the painting. Tang Yin is a famous painter of the Wumen School of painting, he has a deep education, and once solved the Yuan in high school. The landscapes he painted embody the high-level aesthetics of the Wumen painters of the Ming Dynasty who pursued the integration of poetry and painting.
Tang Yin's painting style is changeable, and the techniques are comprehensive, if there is no inscription in the painting, it is difficult for future generations to judge the creative age from the style of pen and ink. Because of his rich life experience, both joy and sorrow, future generations can analyze the age according to his life experience and painting style. This is done in order to better understand his creative thoughts, so as to see the meaning outside the painting, and try to communicate with him on a spiritual level.
Walking Alone in the Frost Forest depicts autumn landscapes, with sparse compositions and a real foreground and a virtual vision. A mountain road in the cold forest, there is a lonely figure on the road, which is in line with the theme of "walking alone". Tang Yin did not use the axe he was good at, but used a large area of rendering instead of rubbing. Thick ink is used to draw the hardness and wrinkles of the rocks at the changes in the structure of the rocks. The undulating mountains are rendered in light ink, allowing people to see the earth and rocky mountains he painted. When you draw the texture, you create a sense of realism.
The gentle mountain structure, with the change of dry and wet ink color, has a simple and elegant charm. This is very similar to Shen Zhou's style, which is rich in layers and full of poetry. Miscellaneous trees form a forest, and the interesting thing is that he did not paint a dense forest, but deliberately distanced the distance between the miscellaneous trees. In this way, it is conducive to the effect of painting the space to continue and gradually profound. On the one hand, he depicts the foreground in detail, making people feel that the landscape is right in front of them. On the other hand, he uses the fading trees to guide people to look at the distant view in the painting.
"Walking Alone in the Frost Forest" makes people feel sad and lonely, and the loneliness retains the noble temperament of the literati. There are smoke clouds drifting in the woods, and there are light ink marks on the rocks, which reminds people of the fun of the five colors of ink. He does not paint colorful black, he paints black that contains burnt, thick, heavy, light, and clear.
The foreground is realistic, and the pen is neat; The vista is freehand, and the pen is free and easy. In contrast, it forms a clear and elegant charm. It looks simple, and every stroke is carefully outlined. There is not much courtyard style in this painting, and the sparse and natural charm of brush and ink makes the poetry become a picture.
Express emotions in the painting and make the picture as intriguing as poetry. When Tang Yin broke away from the structure of Song painting, he began to have his own characteristics. Many people feel that Shen Zhou and Wen Zhengming represent the authentic style of the Wumen School. Tang Yin and Qiu Ying are more like continuing the style of the Zhejiang School. Through this painting, we can see the diversity of his style, reaching the realm of painting in poetry and poetry in painting.
speculated that "Walking Alone in the Frost Forest" was probably Tang Yin's work around the age of 40. He transformed from a literati to a painter, and selling paintings for a living allowed him to grow rapidly, no wonder some people say that even if Wang Wei is reborn, it is the level of Tang Yin. Suffering is not necessarily a bad thing for artists. The hardships made him grow, and the hardships made him devote himself to the field of painting and calligraphy.
Objectively speaking, "Walking Alone in the Frost Forest" is not Tang Yin's best work, nor can it represent his level. However, if you understand this painting, you can understand that a genius painter like Tang Yin can't find the right path of creation at once. Keep trying and never give up to find your own style.
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Further reading
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