內容簡介(中文)@#@金城(西元一八七八-一九二六年),浙江吳興人。字鞏北,一字拱北,號北樓,又號藕湖。曾遊學英、美、法諸國考察法制及美術。民初歷任衆議院議員、國務院秘書,並籌設古物陳列所、中國畫學研究會。畫善山水、花卉,精於摹古。書法、篆刻、古文辭亦佳,著有《藕湖詩草》、《北樓論畫》等。 本幅繪美人蕉傍石叢生,綠柳數枝,搖曳下垂,翠鳥飛翔其間。畫法兼融沒骨、鉤勒於一爐,雖形象寫實,而別具盎然詩思。@#@@#@內容簡介(英文)@#@Chin Ch'eng (style names Kung-pei and Kung-pei; sobriquets Pei-lou and Ou-hu) was a native of Wu-hsing, Chekiang. He traveled to England, America, and France to study legal systems and fine arts. At the beginning of the Republican period he was a member of the Lower House of Parliament and also worked in the Secretariat of the Cabinet. He helped design an exhibition hall and establish the Association for the Research of Chinese Painting. In painting he excelled at landscapes and flower and plant works and was marvelous at copying old masters. His calligraphy, seal carving and prose works were also good, and he authored The Collection of Ou-hu's Poetry and Pei-lou’s Commentaries on Painting. A red canna and a lush growth of plants sprout beside a rock. A number of green willows swaying gently down, and a kingfisher flies amidst them. In terms of painting methods, Chin has combined the boneless manner with outlined forms to create realistic forms which nevertheless possess a poetic feeling.