呉炳
精緻な花鳥画
呉炳（生没年不詳）は、毗陵武進（現在の江蘇省常州）の出身である。南宋の光宗の紹熙年間（1190–1194）、画院待詔を務めた。李皇后は彼の絵画を賞賛し、彼を画院待詔に任命して金帯を下賜した。彼は主に細密な花鳥画を得意とした。 His representative works include 'Bamboo and Sparrow', 'Lotus in Life Drawing (Lotus Emerging from Water)', 'Poppy', 'Precious Jewel and Jade Butterfly', 'Mandarin Duck and Auspicious Lotus', 'Peach Branch', 'Spring Pond Sleeping Ducks', and 'Camellia and Pigeon', among others. Paintings such as 'Spring Pond Sleeping Ducks', 'Camellia and Pigeon', 'Mandarin Duck and Auspicious Lotus', 'Precious Jewel and Jade Butterfly', and 'Peach Branch' (26 pieces in total) are recorded in 'Huishi Beikao'. Wu Bing was known for his life-drawing of broken branches, and his works were often small fan-shaped or album pages, with delicate and lavish coloring. His 'Lotus Emerging from Water' is on silk with color, measuring 23.8 cm in height and 25 cm in width; the old title attributed it to Wu Bing, though there's no solid evidence. 'Bamboo and Sparrow' is in the Shanghai Museum, and 'Camellia and Pigeon' is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In the Yuan Dynasty, Xia Wenyen's 'Tuhui Baojian' praised his painting style, saying, 'Life-drawing of broken branches, rivaling nature, with exquisite and lavish coloring.'