海派画家赵梦苏研究

Study on Shanghai-style Painter Zhao Mengsu

赵鼎奎(1869-1938),字卓孙,一作卓荪,号梦苏,晚号简叟,以梦苏行,嘉定人。清末国子监生,先后署理直隶蠡县、束鹿县知县。书画、篆刻、竹刻皆有造诣,画尤精深。清民鼎革,宦海既倦,南归故园,潜心研艺,课授后进。时往来海上,鬻画交游,颇有影响。于桑梓有传艺播术之功,造就翟树宜、张碧寒、万一鹏等贤才,堪称近代嘉定区域美术史上继往开来的一代宗匠。

Zhao Dingkui(1869—1938),alternative name Mengsu,born in Jiading,was a student of the Imperial Academy of Learning in the late Qing Dynasty,and had held the posts of magistrate of Li County and Sulu County.Besides,he had achieved the amazing attainment in painting and calligraphy,seal cutting and bamboo carving,in particular in painting.Due to the transformation from Qing to the Republic of China and tiredness in the official circles,Zhao Dingkui returned to his home and was committed to study and teaching,making the acquaintance of many great painters by sales of his paintings in Shanghai and having exerted substantial influence locally at the time and played the great role in art communications in his native place.It was him who had fostered a group of talents including Zhai Shuyi,Zhang Bihan and Wan Yipeng.Therefore,he could be referred to as a great respected master creating a new start in the modern art history in Jiading.