石渠寶笈續編(重華宮),第三冊,頁1722&*故宮書畫圖錄,第二十四冊,頁74-77&*惲壽平(西元一六三三-一六九○年),江蘇武進人。初名格,字壽平,後以字行。家貧,不應科舉,賣畫為生。初善山水,及見王翬,度不能於過,於是捨而學花卉,一洗時習,獨開生面,海內宗之,有常州派之稱。 本幅「畫湖山小景」冊第八開,畫老梅一枝,自石隙中伸出,枝枒勁挺,枝梢以迅急抖動之筆法寫成,輔以左右開展之姿態,賦予畫面蓬勃的生氣與動感。樹石全用水墨繪染,深淺濃淡之墨趣變化多端。&*故宮書畫錄(卷六),第四冊,頁128&*River Rock and Old Plum Tree Yün Shou-ping (1633-1690) Ch’ing Dynasty Yün Shou-p’ing (style name Cheng-shu; sobriquet Nan-t’ien) was a native of Wu-chin, Kiangsu. His original name was Ke, but was later known by his other style name, Shou-p’ing. His family was poor and he did not take the civil service examinations, instead selling paintings for a living. Yün Shou-p’ing initially excelled at painting landscapes, but realized after meeting the famous landscapist Wang Hui that he (Yün) could not surpass Wang. Yün Shou-p’ing thereafter gave up landscapes and began studying flower painting. Abandoning the contemporary fashion, he developed an original style, for which he was admired by everyone in what they praised as the Ch’ang-chou School. Depicted in this album leaf is a blossoming plum branch with forceful and upright twigs stretching out between rocks. The tips of the branches were rendered with extremely swift and trembling brushwork. Complemented by the bearing of the left and right developments in the composition, the painting is imbued with a sense of flourishing animation and movement. The tree and rock are painted completely using washes of monochrome ink with many different and interesting arrangements of sparse, thick, light, and dark ink.&*1.劉芳如,〈清惲壽平礀石老梅〉,收入國立故宮博物院編輯委員會編,《畫梅名品特展》(臺北:國立故宮博物院,1991年元月初版),頁99。