Lan Ying And His Martial Arts School

LanYing,the founder of “Martial Arts School”(one of the painting schools)in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas at the end of the Ming Dynasty.The Martial Arts School,represented by LanYing,is unique in style and different from other schools.The main activity areas of his life are Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces,where are mainly mountainous and hilly areas and have many rivers and lakes.This kind of geographical environment gives the theme and unique characteristics of his landscape painting.As a painter in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty,LanYing is in the era of emphasizing "restoring the ancients" and "expressing individuality",which has a profound influence on the formation of his personal painting style.LanYing is a literati and a professional painter.Although his painting theme is relatively simple,he is a master in painting and calligraphy.He absorbed the two sect of the north and the south to merge.He not only can master the ancient people's trace,but also integrate with his ink language and aesthetic taste to carry on the reform and innovation.Most of the landscape paintings of LanYing are vertical.The themes he created are mainly about the leisurely and secluded life of literati,rich in the spirit of the times and the pursuit of individual spirit.LanYing's landscape paintings can be divided into two categories: one is the water and ink landscape dominated by light red,and the other is the landscape dominated by green.On the evolution of the landscape painting style of LanYing,according to the study of its works,it can be summed up as:In the early stage,the style of painting was exquisite and varied,and the medium-term painting style was vigorous,gentle and elegant,and was straight as well as beautiful in the late stage.Being mature in the late Ming Dynasty,across the Ming Dynasty,the martial arts school is a landscape painting school which has a big influence in Jiangsu and Zhejiang area.There are many painters influenced by LanYing.Besides to his children and grandchildren,there are still many painters coming from disciples of his or of his official heir or imitating his styles.From the point of view of landscape painting,LanYing and his martial arts school actually inherited and developed the painting skills and ideas of the literati painting in Yuan Dynasty.Whether in terms of brushwork or painting style,it has its own uniqueness.At the same time,it has a profound impact on the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty landscape painting and modern painters.The martial arts school,which is represented by LanYing,occupiesan important position in the history of Chinese landscape development and has important research value.