清代乾隆年间,活跃在江苏扬州画坛的一群革新派画家,继承徐渭、八大山人、石涛以来文人画的优秀传统,突破专事摹仿一家一派的保守画风,大胆探索,勇于创新,被当时保守派视为骚扰画坛的“怪物”,遂有“扬州八怪”之说。“扬州八怪”一般是指金农、郑燮、罗聘、李膺、黄慎、李方膺、高翔、汪士慎八个人。他们有些做过中下级官吏,罢官后寓居扬州卖画为生,有些则是不愿仕进的文人画家,自外地移居扬州。他们大都出身贫寒,历尽坎 During the Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty, a group of revolutionary painters who were active in the painting circles of Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province inherited the fine traditions of literati painting since Xu Wei, Badashanren and Shitao. They devoted themselves to imitating the conservative style of one school, boldly exploring and innovating. Conservatives harass painting as a forum for the “monster”, then there are “eight strange” Yangzhou said. “Yangzhou Bajiuai” generally refers to Jinnong, Zheng Xie, Luo Hail, Li Ying, Huang Shen, Li Fang Ying, Gao Xiang and Wang Shishu. Some of them have done lower and middle level officials, after the dismissal of living in Yangzhou selling paintings for a living, while others are reluctant to go down in the literati painter, moved to Yangzhou from the field. Most of them were born poor, through the hurdle