The history of our landscape painting is very long, and Ni Zhan's painting style in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty is unique and has a far-reaching influence. The painter Hongren of the early Qing Dynasty inherited Ni Zhan's paintings and penetrated into the essence of his painting style, highlighting his own artistic language and forming his own artistic style on this basis.
Hongren's study of Ni Zhan's paintings, in-depth understanding of the true meaning of his art, and a deep understanding and analysis of the relationship between his brushwork and composition.
On this basis, he added his own understanding of brush and ink to make it richer, and at the same time added many elements in the composition to make it more meaningful. He incorporates the expression of his emotions and thoughts into his works, making them more humanistic and personalized.
Compared with Ni Zhan, his landscape works pay more attention to details, layered expressions and changes. With more delicate brushstrokes and richer ink color changes, it expresses the texture of the landscape and the light and shadow changes in color. At the same time, he also attaches great importance to the integrity of the layout and composition of his works, so that the picture is more harmonious and unified.
In addition to the innovation of painting techniques and expressions, he also carried out in-depth exploration of painting ideas. He advocated "learning from nature", emphasizing the painter's observation and experience of natural objects, and believed that only by going deep into nature and feeling nature can he create the charm of landscape painting. He also paid great attention to "writing God in form." He believes that painting is not only about the similarity of shapes, but also about highlighting the inner charm and spirit of the things themselves.
For the study and inheritance of Ni Zhan's landscape paintings, Hongren did not simply imitate them, but understood Ni Zhan's painting style in depth and detail, and then made his own innovations. He has formed his own unique style of landscape painting, which also fully illustrates that only continuous development and innovation can create excellent works of art.