上官周自幼聪颖，治艺勤奋，学问 渊博，擅长诗文、书法、篆刻，尤精于画，是清代著名民间画家。作品有《晚笑堂画传》（以下简称《画传》）、《樵归图》、《罗浮山图》、《珠江挂帆图》、《台阁风声图》、《寿星图》、《苏武牧羊图》等，尤以《画传》为传世之作，他根据 翔实史料和丰富的艺术构思，精心刻画1 百二十位历史人物绣像，对后世有必然 影响。如《绣像英烈传》，是从《画像》下卷“明太祖功臣”当选 取的；又如《芥子园画谱》中人物，也是仿摹《画传》而成。鲁迅十分推崇上官周，曾购买《画传》寄赠木刻家亚历舍夫。日本《支那绘画史》中，专文认述《画传》的价值与影响，并将《画传》影印发行。上官周的山水画也很著名。清代窦镇称他“善山水，烟岚弥漫，墨晕可观。”查慎行在《题竹庄〈罗浮山图〉》中有“上官山人今虎头”句，把上官周和东晋顾恺之（虎头）相媲美。杨澜称赞上官周的诗画“能自出意，修然蹊径以外 ，人比之倪云林、沈石田。诗亦风格遒美如其画。”上官周著有《晚笑堂诗集》，有谓其诗中画，画中诗。如《夜过篁竹岭》二首：“老识蚕丛险，今从夜色过。千盘余梦境，仰立近银河 。白发等正事 ，青山奈老何。孙登余有啸，竹杖带云拖。”“履险空山夜，惊魂不易招。月明云泛泛，风劲树萧萧。暗石蹲如虎，昏烟望似桥。未聆深谷韵，谁信有箫韶。”诗中既表现豪迈表情 ，道尽世道艰险；同时，抽象 地描绘了夜过高山峻岭的奇特意境。他生平不求闻达，不附权贵，毕生 布衣，所交尽当世名士。诗中借景抒情，以诗言志。上官周79岁完成传世之作《晚笑堂画传》，后又作《台阁风声图》，卒年不详。

其人物画笔法萧洒 ，独树1 帜。清朝宫廷很赏识上官周的人物画，曾下旨让上官周与当时著名的画家王石谷，王原祁合绘《康熙南巡图》12卷（现存故宫博物院）。此画所绘人物近万个。人物个个栩栩如生，神态逼真，反映了当时的社会和劳动人民的生活。
上官周的人物画很着名 ，作品很多。次要 有《樵归图》、《寿星图》、《苏武牧羊图》等。特别 是在暮年 ，他根据历史材料 创作的《晚笑堂画传》成为传世之作。《晚笑堂画传》刻画了我国古代120位著名历史人物，所绘人物个个活灵活现 ，对后人的同类作品有必然 影响。《晚笑堂画传》自乾隆八年问世以来，不断 是学习人物画的临摹范本，受上官周人物画影响最大的，是他的先生 扬州画派的代表画家黄慎。

Shangguan Zhou (1665-1752), Fujian Changting Nanshan Guanfang people, formerly known as the world was, later renamed the week, the word Wen Zuo, bamboo village, the Qing Dynasty famous painter, lifelong commoner. Born in 1665 in Changting Nanshan Guanfang a peasant family. Landscapes and portraits high attainments, students with "Yangzhou eight strange" one of Huang Shen. "Late Laughing Hall painting," the most famous as a model for future generations of temporary study figure painting, and its long history of landscape painting folk, no publication.

Shangguan Zhou since childhood smart, diligent arts, knowledgeable, good at poetry, calligraphy, seal cutting, especially good at painting, is the Qing Dynasty famous folk painter. The works include the "Late Laughing Hall Painting" (hereinafter referred to as "Painting Biography"), "Firewood", "Luofu Mountain Map", "Pearl River hanging sail map" Su Wu Shepherd "and so on, especially in" painting "for handed down, he based on detailed historical data and rich artistic conception, carefully portrayed 120 historical figures embroidery, have a certain impact on future generations. Such as "embroidered as heroes and martyrs", is from the "portrait" volume "Ming Taizu hero" in the selected "Another example is the" mustard garden painting "character, is imitation" painting ". Lu Xun highly praised Shangguan Zhou, had purchased "painting biography" sent woodcut Alexinschev. Japan "Chinese painting history", the special text of "painting" value and influence, and "painting" photocopying. Shangguan Zhou landscape painting is also very famous. In the Qing dynasty sinus town called him "good landscape, Yan Lan diffuse, ink halo impressive." "In the title bamboo Zhuang" Luofu mountain map "in" Shangguan Shanren this tiger head "sentence, the Shangguan week and the Eastern Jin Dynasty Gu Kaizhi (tiger head) comparable. Yang Lan praised Shangguan Zhou's poems and paintings, "can be self-conscious, but repair path, the people than the Ni Yunlin, Shen Shi-tian.There is also the style of poetry as Qiu Mei." Shangguan Zhou "late laughing poetry anthology" Poetry in the painting, painting poetry. Such as "night had bamboo grove" two: "old knowledge silkworm Cong insurance, this from the night. Thousand disc Yu dream, Yang Li near Galaxia. White hair, Casual things, Sun Yat-sen Chen Ho. Sun Deng Yu Xiao, Cloud drag. "" Adventure empty mountain night, Cry is not easy to move. Months of clouds in general, the wind strong trees Xiao Xiao. Dark stone squatting such as tigers, faint smoke like a bridge. "Shen Gu Yun did not hear, who believe in Xiao Shao. The performance of heroic mood, Road to do Road and dangerous; the same time, vividly depicts the night of the mountain peaks of the strange mood. His life is not heard of up to, not attached to the powerful, life-long commoner, the cross to do when the world of disabilities. Poems by King lyric, to poetry. Shangguan Zhou 79-year-old to complete handed down for the "Late Laughing Hall Painting Biography", and later as "Taiwan Pavilion wind map", Death is unknown.

The characters brush method chic, unique. Qing court appreciated Shangguan Zhou's figure painting, and had decreed that Shangguan Zhou and the famous painter Wang Shigu and Wang Yuanqi painted "Kangxi South Tour" 12 volumes (the existing Palace Museum). This painting draws nearly ten thousand characters. All the characters lifelike, air realistic, reflecting the social and working people's life.
Shangguan Zhou's portrait is famous, works a lot. There are "firewood map", "longevity map", "Su Wu Shepherd map" and so on. Especially in his later years, he created according to historical data, "Late Laughing Hall Painting" became a masterpiece. "Late Laughter Painting Biography" depicts the ancient Chinese history of 120 famous figures, all the characters painted vivid, the descendants of the same works have a certain influence. Since the reign of Emperor Qianlong eight years, has been learning to copy the template, the Shangguan Zhou figure painting is the most influential, is his student Yangzhou school representative painter Huang Shen.The characters brush method chic, unique. Qing court appreciated Shangguan Zhou's figure painting, and had decreed that Shangguan Zhou and the famous painter Wang Shigu and Wang Yuanqi painted "Kangxi South Tour" 12 volumes (the existing Palace Museum). This painting draws nearly ten thousand characters. All the characters lifelike, air realistic, reflecting the social and working people's life.
Shangguan Zhou's portrait is famous, works a lot. There are "firewood map", "longevity map", "Su Wu Shepherd map" and so on. Especially in his later years, he created according to historical data, "Late Laughing Hall Painting" became a masterpiece. "Late Laughter Painting Biography" depicts the ancient Chinese history of 120 famous figures, all the characters painted vivid, the descendants of the same works have a certain influence. Since the reign of Emperor Qianlong eight years, has been learning to copy the template, the Shangguan Zhou figure painting is the most influential, is his student Yangzhou school representative painter Huang Shen.