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Handscroll; Color on paper; 228cm(width)*22cm(height) This painting depicts plums, orchids, dragonflies, birds, lotuses, and other items. It uses brush and ink in fine strokes to sketch flowers, bamboo, and stones. The ink simultaneously oozes joy and skill, neatness and freedom, skill and inspiration, and profundity and innocence. The brushstrokes are easy, alternating between fast and slow, and are rich in variation. Varying shades are used in appropriate degrees.

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Li Shan (1686-1762) was a Qing Dynasty painter known by various aliases, including Zong Yang and Fu Tang, and nicknames such as the Daoist Priest and the Ink Wizard. Hailing from Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, he was a poet, prose writer, calligrapher, and painter, the latter of which he studied under Jiang Tingxi and Gao Qipei. Influenced by Shi Tao, he became skilled at painting flowers, bamboo, stones, pines, and cypresses. In his early years, he was meticulous and rule-abiding in his painting. Mid-career, he began to change, turning to thick strokes, flowing lines, and a fuller momentum. This style greatly influenced late Qing Dynasty bird and flower painting. Li Shan was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.

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