Xu Wei ( Chinese trad. 徐渭 , pinyin : Xú Wèi ) - Chinese painter , poet , calligrapher and playwright of the times of the Ming empire. Famous for the artistic expressiveness of his paintings [1] .
| Xu wei | |
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| 徐渭 | |
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| Date of Birth | 1521 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | 1593 |
| Allegiance | China |
| Genre | flowers and birds |
| Patrons | General Hu Zongxian (胡宗憲) |
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Painting and dramaturgy
His style of painting was revolutionary for that time and influenced such masters as Zhu Da of the Qing dynasty, as well as the modern masters Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi [2] . In one of his poems, Tsi Baishi writes: “Oh, how I would like to be born 300 years ago, because then I could rub paint and prepare paper for Evergreen (pseudonym of Xu Wei)!” [3] . Other pseudonyms of Xu Wei: Highlander of Heavenly Pond ( Chinese trad. 天池 山人 , pinyin : Tiānchí Shānrén ), Water and moon of the Fields of Management ( Chinese trad. 署 田 水月 , pinyin : Shǔtián Shuǐ Yuè ).
Xu Wei also wrote poems and dramas . There are four of his dramas, whose main theme is the freedom of a woman . But the dramas did not bring him fame.
Personal life
The artist's upbringing mother died when he was 14 years old.
Xu Wei probably suffered from bipolar affective disorder ( manic-depressive psychosis ) [1] . He made several suicide attempts. He spent seven years in prison for killing his wife, after which he died in poverty, as his paintings sold poorly.
The fate of Xu Wei is similar to the life of Van Gogh (the sad fate of the paintings ; poverty; mental illness ); it is called the “Chinese Van Gogh” [4]
Creativity Xu Wei had a strong influence on the Chinese poet Yuan Hyundao (he kept the poems of Xu Wei).
Notes
- 2 1 2 Cihai: Page 802.
- ↑ Barnhart: Page 232.
- 恨不 生 三百 年前 ， 為 青藤 磨墨 理 紙
- ↑ Chinese Van Gogh
Links
Literature
- Qi Bin. Flower and bird genre in the works of artists Xu Wei and Chen Daofu // News of the Russian State Pedagogical University. A.I. Herzen - 2007. - № 29 . - pp . 122-125 .
- Carpenter, Bruce E, Cruelty and Genius: Poems of Hsü Wei, Tezukayama University Review (Tezukayama Daigaku Ronshu), Nara, Japan, 1979, no. 26, pp. 16-36. ISSN 0385-7743