Rongbaozhai Huapu, 167, Part of Xieyi Mountains and Waters

Author: Tong Zhongdiao
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: For artistic creation, brushwork has no set formulas. Ultimately, it belongs to the individual rather than being a concept applicable to everyone. There are the brushwork of the Tang people, the Song and Yuan people; there are Fan Kuan, Dong Yuan, the two Mi, Li Tang's brushwork; there are Huang Gongwang, Ni Yunlin's brushwork; there are Dong Qichang, Shi Tao, Wang Yuanqi's brushwork; there are Huang Binhong, Li Keran's brushwork. What kind of brushwork reveals what kind of imagery, what kind of brushwork possesses what kind of meaning, and expresses what kind of atmosphere. The brush and the realm. In fact, it is one and the same. The so-called "[Speaking with the object, merging without distinction. Speech is the object, expression is the essence. To seek the object without speech, the object is no longer the true object]."