一九一五年前后,梅兰芳二十多岁,两次从上海回到北京,交游就渐渐地广了。他从朋友们收藏的古今绘画作品中,感到色彩的调和,布局的完整,对于戏曲艺术有声息相通的地方。他认为,中国戏剧在服装、道具、化装、表演上综合起来可以说是一幅活动的彩墨画。他很想从绘画中汲取一些对戏剧有帮助的养料。他对绘画越来越发生兴趣了。 Around 1915, Mei Lanfang was in his twenties and returned to Beijing twice from Shanghai. He collected from the friends of ancient and modern paintings, feel the harmony of color, the layout is complete, there is a place for the opera art. In his opinion, Chinese drama can be said to be an active colorful ink painting in the fields of clothing, props, costumes and performances. He really wanted to draw some nourishment from the painting that helped the theater. He became more and more interested in painting.