石渠寶笈續編(御書房),第四冊,頁1984-1987&*故宮書畫錄(卷六),第四冊,頁36&*故宮書畫圖錄,第二十二冊,頁184-189&* 沈周(西元一四二七至一五○九年),江蘇長洲人,字啟南,號石田,亦稱白石翁。山水、花卉、禽魚悉入神品,工書善詩,為明四大家之一。 本幅畫菊花斜倚,係沈周「寫生冊」第八開,以粗筆淡瀋,草草揮就,然生氣奕奕如覩,誠屬石田翁晚年率意神化之作。 &*Chrysanthemum Drawn from Life Shen Chou (1427-1509) Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Shen Chou was a native of Ch’ang-chou, Kiangsu. His paintings of landscapes, flowers, birds and animals are all exceptional. Excellent at calligraphy as well as painting, Shen Chou is regarded as one of the Four Masters of the Ming dynasty. A chrysanthemum inclines to the side. Though painted with a rough and fast brush, this album leaf is filled with the life of the flower. This album belongs to Shen Chou’s late period, when his art, seemingly created without conscious attention, entered the divine realm.