石渠寶笈續編(乾清宮),第二冊,頁603&*故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁557&*故宮書畫圖錄,第十一冊,頁201-202&* 陳書(西元一六六0至一七三六年),女,秀水人,號上元弟子、南樓老人。適海鹽錢綸光,以長子陳群貴,誥封太淑人。山水、人物、花鳥、草蟲,無不擅長。 畫中長松蔽天,山間房舍重重,有人持杖,坐對閒話。本幅寫夏景,為求夏日草木蓊鬱,於山巒草木之描繪,不辭繁複之皴法線條,墨色亦不避濃厚,其畫法近師王翬,遠宗王蒙,山林幽居,塵囂不染,本為隱遁所宗,畫中境足以當之。 &*Quiet Mountain Residence in Summer Ch’en Shu (1660-1736) Ch’ing Dynasty The woman artist Ch’en shu (sobriquet Shang-yüan ti-tzu and Nan-lou lao-jen) was from Hsiu-shui. She married Ch’ien Lun-kuang, and because of their eldest son Ch’en Chün’s high official position, she was conferred the title Tai-shu-jen (“Noble Lady”). Ch’en Shu specialized in paintings of figures, flowers, birds, grasses and insects, all of which she executed in an outstanding manner. Ch’en has depicted tall pines reaching high and several modest homes scattered among the mountains. One gentleman stands leaning on his cane under trees in the foreground, and others are seated talking in one of the cottages. The season represented is summer, and in order to achieve the effect of luxuriant summer growth, Ch’en consistently utilized x-shaped strokes for an intricate, textured effect in the description of the vegetation. The inks she chose to use were very dense and heavy, to further enhance the quality of exuberant rank growth. In her brushwork, Ch’en Shu modeled herself after Wang Hui of the early Ch’ing but also went back further to the style of Wang Meng of the Yüan dynasty. The ever-coveted atmosphere attained by living in seclusion among mountain and forest, untainted by the dusty, noisy vulgarities of this world, is conveyed in this work.