故宮書畫錄(卷六),第四冊,頁135-137&*故宮書畫圖錄,第二十四冊,頁138-141&*惲壽平(1633-1690),原名格,字壽平,後以字行,江蘇武進人。初善作山水,因自謙無力與王翬(1632-1717)爭勝,遂改工花卉。畫法承自徐崇嗣(10世紀後半)之沒骨法,又參以己意,風格獨創,蔚為清代花卉畫宗師。 本幅選自<寫生花卉冊>。折桃花一枝構景,是常見的折枝式構圖方式。其中桃枝挺立,向左斜出,確有自題中所說:「一枝疑是美人簪。」的神態。桃花向以嬌美粉嫩的容顏著稱,此處卻以水墨來表現,更覺清新雅緻。(20110102)&* Yun Shouping originally had the name Ge and the style name Shouping, by which he later went. A native of Wujin in Jiangsu, he at first excelled at landscape painting but later felt that he could not compete with the master Wang Hui (1632-1717), turning to flowers instead. His style derives from the “boneless” method of washes used by Xu Chongsi (fl. latter half of 10th c.), but with his own interpretation as well. With his unique style, Yun Shouping became a master of flower painting in the Qing dynasty. This leaf comes from “Album of Flowers Sketched from Life.” The scene depicts a branch of peach using the commonly seen “broken-branch” method of composition. The peach branch shown here stands upright and spreads out to the left, as suggested in the spirit of the artist’s own inscription, which states, “The branch personified as a beauty’s hairpin.” The peach blossom has always been regarded as a symbol of charming and tender feminine beauty. Here it has been rendered using monochrome ink, giving this work a pure and fresh elegance of refinement.(20110102)&*1.〈清 惲壽平 山桃〉,收入譚怡令、劉芳如、林莉娜主編,《滿庭芳 歷代花卉名品特展》(臺北:國立故宮博物院,2010年十二月初版一刷),頁100。