Chapter 31 Han Huang

If we only say that Han Huang (723-787) was a famous cow painter in the Tang Dynasty, then we only talked about one of Han Huang's various skills.In fact, Han Huang is a well-rounded scholar and artist.He is good at "Yi" and "Spring and Autumn", good at drums and piano, good at calligraphy and painting, good at official script, Zhang Cao learned from Liang Shizhong, Zhang Xu's brushwork in cursive script, also skilled in seal script, good at painting rural customs and scenery, writing cattle, sheep, donkeys, etc. The beasts are vivid.However, what he is best at is drawing cows. "Records of Famous Paintings of the Tang Dynasty" said that he "can paint the customs of Tianjia, the characters of buffaloes, and the music is as wonderful as possible".

Han Huang, the character is Taichong.A native of Chang'an (now Xi'an, Shaanxi).Prime Minister of the Dezong Dynasty, Doctor Zijin Guanglu, Jiedu Envoy of the East and West of Zhejiang Province, and the Duke of Jin.Among his paintings, the famous "Five Bulls Picture" exists today.