《墨花图》局部 （明）徐渭 31x466cm 中国画 中国美术馆藏

徐渭为明代著名文学家、书画家、戏曲家。此幅《墨花图》卷全以水墨绘就，描绘雪中的苍松、劲竹、芭蕉、梅花、菊花、兰花、牡丹等，堪称杂花荟萃，其他空间加以奇石穿插。背景为淡墨渲染，烘托石上及杂花上所积白雪。此卷突出地显示了徐渭惯以草书入画的特征，潇洒灵动，水墨酣畅，挥洒淋漓，肆意纷飞。画卷后有徐渭大段题跋，以行书题就，矫健多姿，气概非凡，款署“天池山人”。

XU Wei was a famous writer, calligrapher and playwright in the Ming Dynasty. The scroll ofFlowers in Ink,drawn by Chinese ink, portrays pines, bamboo, plantain, plum, chrysanthemum,orchids, peonies and others in the snow with other space intersperses with strange rocks. The painting background is rendered by light ink,highlighting the miscellaneous flowers on the snow. The scroll gives prominence to his characteristics of employing the cursive intonation with vigorous and colorful style. Large inscriptions in cursive by XU Wei were on the back of painting with extraordinary mettle, inscribed as"Tianchi Shanren".