石涛,本姓朱,名若极,是明宗室靖江王朱赞仪的十世孙。相传明朝灭亡后,他尚年幼,被太监带到民间后出家,法名原(元)济,字石涛,号苦瓜和尚、大涤子、一枝叟等。原籍广西桂林,僧籍广西全州(今全县)。他大半生云游四方,立志要“搜尽奇峰打草稿”。他一边修佛,一边习画。是明末清初画坛革新派的代表人物。强调画作要创造出属于自己的艺术意境。被称作“清初四僧”之一,“四僧”是指元济(石涛)、朱耷(八大山人)、髡残(石溪)、渐江(弘仁)。前两人是明宗室后裔,后两人是明代遗民,他们借自己的画作抒 Shi Tao, surnamed Zhu, a very name, is the imperial clan Jing Wang Zhu Zuoyi ten grandchildren. According to legend, after the demise of the Ming Dynasty, he was still young and was eunuchs brought to the private sector after the eunuchs, the original name (yuan) economy, the word Shitao, bitter gourd monk, Polyester, a sticks and so on. Guilin, Guangxi origin, monks Guangxi Quanzhou (now the county). He travels most of his life, determined to want to He practiced Buddhism while painting. Is the Ming and Qing Dynasties painting reformists representatives. Emphasis on painting to create their own artistic conception. Known as the “four monks in the early Qing Dynasty,” one of the “four monks” refers to Yuan Ji (Shi Tao), Zhu Xi (Badashanren), Kui residual (Shi Xi) and Jian Jiang (Hong Ren). The first two were descendants of the Ming Dynasty and the last two were descendants of the Ming Dynasty. They borrowed their own paintings to express