沈宗骞是清乾隆朝底层职业文人画家,写真技艺精湛,频繁活动于江南吴兴、苏州一带富庶之地,在与当时主流文人名士的交流往来中,其写真技艺和绘画理念得以不断提升和完善。沈宗骞书画兼修享有盛名,且有较高文化艺术素养,在清代乾隆中期编著的画学理论著作《芥舟学画编》,集中国古代绘画理论之大成,其思想观念代表着清代绘画理论的最高水平。 Shen Zongqian was the professional literati painter at the bottom of the Qing Emperor Qianlong’s work. His pictures were skillful and frequently used in the affluent areas of Wuxing and Suzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. His artistic skills and concepts of painting were continuously improved and perfected. Shen Zong-qian’s famous painting and calligraphy repertoire enjoyed a high reputation both in culture and art. In the mid-Qing dynasty Qianlong medium-length painting theory book, “The Art of Armed Forces,” compiled the ancient Chinese theory of painting, whose ideas and concepts represented the Qing Dynasty paintings The highest level of theory.