Rongbaozhai Huapu. 155, Part of Flowers and Birds

Author: Tang Yunhui
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: Influenced by regional environment, cultural psychology, and personality, Chinese painting has developed a north-south divergence between the Shanghai School and the Beijing School. The Shanghai School of painting is often characterized by warmth, charm, emphasis on spiritual resonance, and richness in gentle beauty. The Beijing School of painting tends to be grand, upright, reveres integrity, and possesses robust masculine beauty. Tang Yun grew up in Yuhang and succeeded in Shanghai, but his character lacks the frail scholarly air of the Jiangnan literati and instead embodies the heroic and valiant spirit of the Yan-Zhao men. He has a broad-minded nature, is born free and easy, is just and straightforward in his dealings, thus forming a unique artistic style. He possesses both the grandeur of capturing folk sentiments and the elegance of unfolding the clouds and winds, as well as the aesthetic character of being refined, lush, subtle, and reserved. As a result, his art avoids being overly rigid, heavy, or aggressive, and instead achieves a style that is ethereal, open-minded, profound, and passionate. In summary, it is characterized by grace, vastness, depth, and passion.