Sun long

Sun long

Sun long, the year of his birth and death is unknown. Ming Dynasty painter. Also known as sunlong, yizuolong, with the word Tingzhen, is a native of piling (now Changzhou, Jiangsu Province). He was the grandson of sun xingzu, the founder of the Ming Dynasty and a loyal and honest marquis. Xuandezhong once served as an imperial edict.

He is good at painting feather and Cordyceps, but does not make ink lines. He is only dyed with color, which is called "boneless" and has a unique style. Also good at landscape. It is full of color rendering, vivid and interesting. It has its own family and has a great influence on future generations.

Life of the characters

Sun long, the grandson of sun xingzu, the loyal Marquis of the founding of the state, joined the inner court in Xuande (1426-1435) and was once the "imperial servant of the Golden Gate" (imperial edict). She is sensitive and has immortal demeanor. Xu Xi and Zhao Chang's "boneless painting method" was used to paint flowers and birds. The birds, fish, grass and insects were not first outlined, but directly dyed with color. This painting technique can be described as a new way. It has enriched the traditional techniques of flower and bird painting, and has a far-reaching influence on the color splashing freehand brushwork of later generations. He was also good at landscape and lived in Mi Fu, MI Youren and his son in Song Dynasty. The activities of performing arts took place in Yongle, Xuande and Zhengtong at the same time as Lin Liang (1416-1480).

personal works

The handed down works include the axis of snow birds, plum and bamboo, the axis of lotus and goose, which are now in the Palace Museum; the volume of flowers, birds, grass and insects is in Jilin Provincial Museum; the 12 page album of flowers, birds, grass and insects is in Shanghai Museum; the volume of peony is in Liaoning Provincial Museum.

The picture of goose in Furong

Introduction: silk, color setting, vertical 159.3cm, horizontal 84.1cm. Collected by Beijing Palace Museum. in the picture, a big goose with a lion's head, flanking the river, stands under the hibiscus stone. Its shape is vivid and lifelike, as if it were singing. Hibiscus Yan inclined upward, Yang Fan wind dew, elegant mood. Goose with hook dyeing method, flower with spot dyeing method, dry run weaving thick, set off phase hair, wave plain and beautiful. The organic integration of hook, dye and dot is not only natural and unrestrained, but also beautiful and elegant. It puts new ideas in the Dharma, and has a unique style. no money. There are three seals on the seal, namely, Sun long Shu Shu, Jinmen Shiyu and Zhongmin Hou sun.

Flowers, birds, grass and insects

Introduction: album, silk edition, 22.9cm in length. Collected in Shanghai Museum. there are 12 volumes in this atlas, all of which are freehand brushwork, depicting flowers, birds, grass and insects. In the painting, the brush is directly used to color and render the stippling. The brush can not be seen in the painting. It is simple and sparse. The brush can't be found in the painting, but the meaning is connected. The line can't be written, but the rhyme is vivid. The color is light and elegant, which is the prelude of freehand flower and bird painting. Choose two of them here, you can see the skill of freehand brushwork.