An Exploration Of Zhang Shuqi’s "Hundred Pigeons"

Zhang Shuqi is a famous Chinese painter, educator, is good at flower feather creation; the superb art had a profound influence on the development of Chinese flower-and-bird painting; in addition, his contribution lies in the maintenance of world peace and the dissemination of Chinese culture. This paper studies the "hundred pigeon map" can be said to be the representative work of Zhang Shuqi, this painting Zhang Shuqi’s use of realism and romanticism combination of small freehand descriptions, but also reflects the style feature of his use of pigment; more importantly,"hundred pigeon map" is also very good reflect the Zhang Shuqi’s patriotic ideas. However, in the history of art and culture in China and foreign countries, research on Zhang Shuqi’s article is not much, for its unique painting is the lack of special research on the "hundred pigeons;" the records are confined to the album or a small amount of historical data, involves the surface is not much. While the "hundred pigeon map" picture composition, artistic characteristics and painting techniques are worthy of our study and learning, so this paper has unique significance.This paper is mainly divided into the following four parts:the first pan research reason, mainly to do the literature review, the significance of the research work; the second part mainly expounds the origin of creation and the significance of the times "hundred pigeon map", including the painting creation background and the painter’s life, as well as "hundred pigeon map" in particular historical period (i.e. during the war of resistance against Japan) impact on society and contribution; third part is the interpretation of "every element pigeon map" in the picture, the main analysis of the meaning of the picture the dove, also made some research on the background image and inscription; the fourth part mainly from the composition, pen, use of color and other aspects of the creation of Zhang Shuqi this "hundred pigeon map" the technique.This paper hope through the social historical background and Zhang Shuqi biography combing, in-depth study on "hundred pigeon map" the picture content and creative techniques; help researchers to more fully understand Zhang Shuqi’s artistic style and patriotic thought, at the same time, it is also to explore on the "hundred pigeon map" artistic value and social influence. In order to attract more attention from all sectors of society; and thus contribute to the study of the twentieth Century Chinese painting art. provide some enlightenment to the development of Chinese flower and bird painting learning, creation and technique.