胡人异兽图 罗聘的早期人物画

Pictures of Figures by Luo Pin in His Early Period

罗聘(1733—1799年)字遯夫，号两峰、自署花之寺僧、金牛山人等。祖藉安徽歙县，世居扬州，是清代“扬州八怪”中年龄最小的一位重要画家，故有“扬州八怪”殿军之称。罗聘是一位早熟的天才画家，他工诗善画，刻印亦属上乘。20余岁就有绘画作品传世。其绘画作品题材广泛，技艺全面，笔情古逸，思致渊雅，道释人物、山水、花卉、走兽无所不精妙，梅花、兰笔均极超逸，古趣盎然。乾隆二十二年(1756年)25岁的罗聘拜在“扬州八怪”之一书画家、诗人、金石学家金农门下，成为金农的入室弟子，在绘画上也曾得到金农的指点。

Luo Pin was one of the chief painters of the Yangzhou School and a leader in the late period. With Jin Nong as his master, he was an all-around painter. The article introduces one of his works, "Pictures of Minority People in the Western Areas and Strange Animals", which is deemed as his earliest works on figurines.