Painting on Tricolour Amaranth with an Inscription Paintings of Flowers,

Depicted on the Paintings of Flowers are twelve kinds of flowers, namely, water lily, pear blossom, narcissus, peach blossom, alumroot, poppy, camellia, guava, morning glory, double phoenix, cinnamomum ramulus and tricolour amaranth. The painter adopted a new painting skill, that is, stippling directly without sketching the outline in depicting these flowers, giving rise to a novel and unique style of each one. Through such free and elegant painting skills, twelve flowers, each with distinctive beauty, vividly and brightly bloom on the paintings. Either signatures or poems are inscribed on these scrolls, which are perfectly harmonious with the flowers, bringing out the best effect of the paintings and making the pictures more appealing.

Painting on Sweet Osmanthus with an Inscription from Paintings of Flowers, by Yun Shouping, Qing Dynasty (1636--1912). Painting on silk, 32.5 x 25.5cm, Hunan Museum.

Painting on Pomegranate Blossom and Homiat from Paintings of Flowers, by Yun Shouping, Qing Dynasty (1636--1912). Painting on silk, 32.5 x 25.5cm, Hunan Museum.

Painting on Narcissus with the Painter’s Signature from Paintings of Flowers, by Yun Shouping, Qing Dynasty (1636--1912). Painting on silk, 32.5 x 25.5cm, Hunan Museum.

Painting on Poppy Flower with an Inscription from Paintings of Flowers, by Yun Shouping, Qing Dynasty (1636--1912). Painting on silk, 32.5 x 25.5cm, Hunan Museum.

Painting on Symplocos Anomala with an Inscription from Paintings of Flowers, by Yun Shouping, Qing Dynasty (1636--1912). Painting on silk, 32.5 x 25.5cm, Hunan Museum.

Painting on Double Color Balsamine with an Inscription from Paintings of Flowers, by Yun Shouping, Qing Dynasty (1636--1912). Painting on silk, 32.5 x 25.5cm, Hunan Museum.

Painting on Morning Glory with a Poem from Paintings of Flowers, by Yun Shouping, Qing Dynasty (1636--1912). Painting on silk, 32.5 x 25.5cm, Hunan Museum.

Painting on Water Lily with an Inscription from Paintings of Flowers, by Yun Shouping, Qing Dynasty (1636--1912). Painting on silk, 32.5 x 25.5cm, Hunan Museum.

Painting on Rosa Rubus with an Inscription from Paintings of Flowers, by Yun Shouping, Qing Dynasty (1636--1912). Painting on silk, 32.5 x 25.5cm, Hunan Museum.

Painting on Peach Blossom from Paintings of Flowers, by Yun Shouping, Qing Dynasty (1636--1912). Painting on silk, 32.5 x 25.5cm, Hunan Museum.

Painting on Pear Flower with a Poem from Paintings of Flowers, by Yun Shouping, Qing Dynasty (1636--1912). Painting on silk, 32.5 x 25.5cm, Hunan Museum.

Yun Shouping, the Master Painter

Yun Shouping (1633—1690), styled Mingge, also known by his literary name Nantian, born in Wujin (now Changzhou in Jiangsu Province), was one of the six “Master Painters” in the early Qing Dynasty.

He led a life by selling pictures. He was good at painting landscape and flowers, with his so-called "boneless" painting technique on flowers being most widely admired.

Besides the paintings on the theme of maintain- and-river-landscape and flowers, he was also renowned as an extraordinary outstanding poet and calligrapher. His poems were elegant, while his calligraphy represented his masculine character.