与古为徒——苏州博物馆藏明清仿古山水主题展

Befriending Predecessors: Paintings of Mountains and Water in the Style of Antiquity from the Ming and the Qing Dynasties Collected by Suzhou Museum

序言

Foreword

古人论画山水之法，一曰师造化、一曰师古人，其次第即如董其昌所说：“画家以古人为师，已自上乘，进而当以天地为师。”

“There are two ways of learning how to draw mountains and water. The first way is to learn from the nature and the second from predecessors who drew them in the past.” In addition, Dong Qichang said that, “Painters regard the old masters as their teachers. And then the nature is seen as their teacher as well. ”

明清之际，随着山水画传统技法的成熟与趣味标准的确立，“师古人”超越了一般临摹概念而具有了新的涵义，正如近代顾麟士所谓：“仿者，仿其大意，非临摹比也。临摹得其人之偏，不如仿古得其人之全；临摹得其人之形，不如仿古得其人之神。”而反映在实践上，即是大量以“仿古“为名的画作出现，其代表人物即是董其昌及其影响之下的四王正统画家。

During the Ming and the Qing dynasties, the paintings of mountains and water developed in terms of techniques and aesthetics. Learning from the old masters or drawing paintings in the style of antiquity was not just copying artworks but actually embracing a fresh and new conception. Gu Linshi, a collector from Suzhou once said that, “Purely copying others’ work is not complete compared to drawing paintings in the style of antiquity. Copying a painting is just copying its form and appearance. Yet drawing a painting in the style of antiquity will allow us to capture its spirit.” In reality, a great number of paintings in the style of antiquity appeared. The representatives are Dong Qichang and four artists who received the influence of Dong Qichang, namely Wang Shimin, Wang Jian, Wang Hui, Wang Yuanqi.

本次展览特别遴选馆藏明清董其昌以来至近现代各家仿古之作约四十件，形制上卷、册、轴兼备；风格有水墨、浅绛、青绿几种，从中我们可以管窥仿古山水这一题材在风格和趣味上的流变。

This exhibition selects forty paintings drawn by Dong Qichang as well as other artists in the style of antiquity from Ming and Qing dynasties to modern times. These paintings are in the form of hand scroll, album and hanging scroll, and in the style of ink, light crimson and blueish green, from which we can get a glimpse of the change in terms of the style and the taste regarding paintings of mountains and water.

苏州博物馆

Suzhou Museum

二ｏ二二年十二月

December, 2022