Exploration And Practice Of ‘Strange’ In Wang Shishen’s Plum Painting

Wang Shishen,one of the important members of the ‘Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou’ of the famous painting school in the Qing Dynasty,was erudite and accomplished in poetry,calligraphy,painting and printing.He was poor all his life.In his old age,he became blind due to illness and continued to draw.Wang Shishen is good at painting flowers,especially plum blossoms.He is known as ‘iron bone and ice heart’.His plum blossom is proud,pure,aloof and not vulgar.It is famous for its dense stamens and numerous branches.Among the ‘Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou’,Wang Shishen,together with Jin Nong,Gao Xiang and Luo Pin,is known as the ‘four masters of plum painting’.Wang Shishen’s plum blossom works are quite typical.Regardless of the complexity and simplicity of the branches,they all give people a sense of transcendence and refinement,and have research value.After searching and sorting out the relevant materials of Wang Shishen,this paper focuses on exploring the ‘strange’ of Wang Shishen’s plum blossom paintings,and discriminates the personal style characteristics of Wang Shishen’s plum blossom paintings.So as to realize his personality charm and artistic connotation,learn Wang Shishen’s artistic style and innovative spirit,and carry out relevant practical creation.Firstly,this paper combs Wang Shishen’s life experience and making friends to explore the influence of his personality and making friends on the ‘strange’ artistic style of Wang Shishen’s plum blossom paintings.Secondly,focusing on Wang Shishen’s plum blossom painting,this paper analyzes its strange shape,composition and pen and ink.Thirdly,it makes a case study of his representative works.Compare Wang Shishen’s plum blossom with several other masters of plum blossom painting,and then clarify the innovative significance of the ‘strange’ of his plum blossom painting,and understand Wang Shishen’s inheritance of tradition and personal innovation.Finally,the author carried out a series of practical creation about plum blossom,followed closely with the changes of the times and environment,put his thoughts and emotions into the painting,and painted the ‘strange’ of our pictures.Join the thinking and innovation of the current era environment,pay tribute to the artistic spirit of pursuing innovation of ‘Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou’ and Wang Shishen in the way of practical creation.