Flowers of plum tree
The ornamental plum tree is to the head of the four plants the more appreciated of the literate and painters (plum tree, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum). Of an exceptional resistance to the cold weather by time of wind and snow, this tree is often mentioned to qualify the character inflexible of a man. Nan Lingmei, named once Wang Chunhua, is from Meizhou in the province of the Guangdong. All young, his father took it in India to look for a livelihood. Later, he returned to China to make his primary and secondary studies to Meizhou. He never frequented the school of fine arts, but he likes to the passion the arts pictorial and calligraphic.
The flower of plum tree is the emblem of the city of Meizhou and the inhabitants have all passion of this tree. Won by this common passion, Nan Lingmei also has a predilection for the plum tree. He likes, exalt and admire the plum tree and don't hesitate to get involved to his research in all corners of the region where shoot this tree florifère. He copied the paintings of plum tree of all times minutely, read the proses and the poems singing the praise of the plum tree and studied the techniques of the traditional painting complicate, allowing him to constitute a good artistic baggage.
Of an ancient simplicity, the plum trees painted by Nan Lingmei are vigorous and of a striking resemblance. Combining the styles of the schools of the South and the North, the plum trees under his brush have the vigorous branches carrying right branches, more or less dense and tense in all senses. He seems that these flowers are capable to smile, to be picked and to exhale perfume.


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