《芭蕉仕女图》轴,清,沙馥绘,纸本,设色,纵92厘米,横31厘米。
自题:“美人言语巧唤作醉酴醿,七芗先生本。甲午菊秋沙馥临于粟庵。”下钤“山春所作”印。甲午为清光绪二十年(1894年)。
此幅是作者仿改琦笔意创作的写意仕女画。图绘女子手持花枝立于芭蕉树前闻香自醉的仪态风情。其高耸的发髻先以浓淡墨反复晕染,然后以重墨绘出根根发丝,线与面结合的绘画技法显现出女子头发的浓密及发质的柔顺。仕女的面形为瓜子脸,面部以不着痕迹的浅红色晕染,突出了人物肌肤光滑细嫩的质感和五官结构的明暗变化。其眉目间流露出矜持凄凉的怨情,与晚清文人画家在仕女画创作上所追求的“清淑静逸”之趣相符,具有鲜明的时代特征。
人物的衬景,一侧是刻画工细写实的芭蕉树,一侧是以淡彩直接点染的写意浮萍。二者不仅展示了作者娴熟地运用不同笔法的技能,且在画中起到了以景造势的作用。芭蕉叶的实景给人物以依托,并增强了作品清新娟秀的格调;浮萍的虚景将画面引向了纵深,扩展了作品的深远空间,并给人以丰富的暇想意境。
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"Banana Lady Picture" axis, Qing Dynasty, Shafu painting, paper, color, 92 cm vertical, 31 cm horizontal.
Self-titled: "Beauty's words are aptly called drunken, Mr. Qiqian's book. The autumn Sands of the chrysanthemum on the afternoon of the festival are in the Su'an. Xiajun "Shanchun made" seal. Jiawu was the twentieth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1894).
This is a freehand painting of ladies created by the author by imitating Qi's brushwork. Picture a woman standing in front of a banana tree with flower branches and smelling fragrance and drunkenness. Its towering bun is dyed repeatedly with thick and light ink, and then the root hair is painted with heavy ink. The painting technique of combining line and face shows the dense and soft hair quality of women's hair. The face of a lady is a melon-seed face, which is dyed with light red without trace, highlighting the smooth and delicate texture of the skin and the light and dark changes of the structure of the five senses. His eyebrows and eyes reveal a reserved and desolate resentment, which is consistent with the interest of "quiet and quiet" pursued by literati painters in the late Qing Dynasty in the creation of ladies'paintings, and has distinct characteristics of the times.
The character's backdrop is a realistic banana tree depicted in detail on one side and a freehand duckweed directly touched with light colors on the other. They not only show the author's skillful use of different brushwork skills, but also play a role in creating scenery. The scenery of banana leaves relies on the characters and enhances the fresh and beautiful style of the work. The virtual scenery of duckweed leads the picture to a depth, expands the far-reaching space of the work, and gives people a rich imagination.