《葛仲华像》轴,清,任颐绘,纸本,设色,纵118.6厘米,横60.3厘米。
本幅右下款署:“任伯年写。”钤“任颐私印”白文印。鉴藏印有:“钱镜塘鉴定任伯年真迹之印。”
本幅题记者甚众,均为葛怀英(即葛仲华)文友,计有:胡公寿、沈景成、严信厚、顾德沅、徐大有诸家。
据葛怀英跋中所言“癸酉春正月属山阴任君伯年写成独立小影”,可知此画应作于清同治十二年(1873年),任伯年时年34岁。
此图为淡设色绘制葛仲华全身立像。据德林隶书题“仲华二十七岁小景”可知像主当时的年纪。另据葛怀英自跋可知,葛氏是一名空有一腔抱负而不得志的落寞文人,所幸其“心入禅关有乐天”。人物面部施以淡赭色并略加晕染,色调稍有明暗对比,突出了人物面部的立体效果。主人公身着长衫,右手持淡青小花一支于胸前,神态淡定。衣纹以“钉头鼠尾”线描绘,刚柔相济,飘洒自如,富有节奏感,使得人物虽静如动。
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"Ge Zhonghua Image" axis, Qing Dynasty, Ren Yi Painting, paper, color, 118.6 cm vertical, 60.3 cm horizontal.
The lower right-hand section of this picture reads: "Ren Bonian wrote." Jun's "Renyi Private Seal" in white. "Qian Jingtang identified Ren Bonian's authentic work."
There are many reporters on this topic, all of whom are friends of Ge Huaiying (that is, Ge Zhonghua). They include Hu Gongshou, Shen Jingcheng, Yan Xinhou, Gu Deyuan and Xu Dayou.
According to Ge Huaiying's postscript, "Gui Youchun's first month belongs to Shanyin Ren Junbonian and is written as an independent shadow", it can be seen that this painting should be painted in the twelve years of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1873), when Ren Bonian was 34 years old.
This picture shows the whole body of Ge Zhonghua in light colour. According to Delingli's Title "Zhonghua 27-year-old Xiaojing", we can know the age of the image owner at that time. According to Ge Huaiying's postscript, Ge is a lonely scholar with empty ambition but no ambition. Fortunately, his "heart into Zen is related to happiness". The figure's face was lightly ochre and slightly dizzy, with a slight contrast of shade and light, which highlighted the three-dimensional effect of the figure's face. The protagonist is wearing a long gown, holding a small blue flower in his right hand in front of his chest, with a calm look. The clothes are depicted with the line of "nail head and rat tail". They are both rigid and soft. They are free and free, and have a sense of rhythm, which makes the characters quiet and moving.