苏州为文人荟萃之地。元朝以来,书画名家聚集苏州更多。画史记载明代苏州画家达一百五十余人之众,占全国总数的五分之一。其中“吴门四家”沈周、唐伯虎、文徵明、仇英更是人所熟谙,这是在中国绘画史上具有重要影响的画家群体。吴门画派在山水画上卓有成就,同时在人物画和花鸟画方面也有重要建树。沈周的山水画,有人以“细沈”与“粗沈”区分之。所作或笔法缜密细秀,或气势沉雄苍郁,能谨细也能精简,尤为难到的是画中的空灵韵味。文徵明笔下的景物平和恬静,笔墨清秀含润,没有雕琢和刻露的痕迹,少见动荡谲异之势。这种画风,有浓厚的抒情意味和书卷气息,是文徵 Suzhou is a place where scholars come together. Since the Yuan Dynasty, calligraphers gathered in Suzhou more. The history of painting shows that there were over 150 Suzhou painters in the Ming Dynasty, accounting for one fifth of the national total. Among them, “Four of Wu Men”, Shen Zhou, Tang Bohu, Wen Zhengming and Qiu Ying are more familiar to people. This is an artist group that has an important influence in the history of Chinese painting. Wu painting school in landscape painting on the Zhuo success, at the same time in figure painting and flowers and birds also have an important contribution. Shen Zhou’s landscape painting, some people to “thin Shen ” and “rough ” to distinguish it. The careful or careful writing or writing, or imposing Shen Xiangyu, can carefully and can be streamlined, is particularly difficult to paint the ethereal charm. Wen Zhengming pen calmly tranquil landscape, pen and ink with moist, no engraving and carved traces of rare turmoil different trend. This style of painting, with a strong sense of lyricism and book atmosphere, is Wen Zheng