元代在中国古代绘画发展史上是一个非常重要的时期,尽管历时仅近百年,但它却在继承唐、五代、两宋绘画艺术的基础上取得了更大的进步。其显著特点就是文人绘画的兴起。元代绘画重笔墨情趣,突出作品的文学性,着重体现诗、书、画的进一步结合,是中国画又一次创造性的发展。以竹石为题材的绘画作品和大批专擅表现竹石题材的画家的出现,也是元代文人绘画大发展的重要标志和显著特点。 元代画竹名家甚众。近人郑午昌先生在其所著《中国画学全史》一书中记述云:“元代四君子画,尤以墨竹为最盛。能作此类之画家,其泯灭不可考者不可知,以其可 The Yuan Dynasty was a very important period in the history of the development of Chinese ancient paintings. Although it lasted only about a hundred years, it made even greater progress on the basis of inheriting the art of painting in the Tang, the Five Dynasties and the two Song dynasties. Its remarkable feature is the rise of literati painting. The painting of the Yuan Dynasty emphasizes the pen and ink, highlights the literary nature of the works, and emphasizes the further combination of poetry, books and paintings. It is another creative development of Chinese painting. The emergence of painter with the subject of bamboo as the subject and a large number of painters who are good at expressing the theme of bamboo and stone are also the important symbols and notable features of the great development of the literati in the Yuan Dynasty. Yuan Dynasty painted bamboo masters very public. His recent book, Mr. Zheng Wuchang, in his book The Whole Story of Chinese Painting states: "The four gentlemen’s paintings of the Yuan Dynasty, especially the ink bamboo, are the most flourishing, and can be used as painters of this genre, can