Realistic period: This period is from his university graduation to the early 1990s, which is a process from realism to expression and from realism to freehand brushwork.
Free period: This period begins in the 1990s and ends in the new century. He pays attention to putting China's spirit into the picture with China's traditional artistic mode. He went from discovery to creating color. This is his maturity.
Spiritual painting period: this time is from the century to the present, and his pictures began to show a tendency to explore the depths of the spirit, changing the dimension of thinking from breadth to depth. This is his sublimation period.
Supplement:
After studying in the Central Academy of Fine Arts for five years, in Thomas' words, "By the time I graduated, I not only mastered the world oil painting techniques, but also had my own things from composition to color. As for the theme, it is of course the grassland, because the grassland is always so peaceful and full of peace and joy. "
Two years later, Thomos was admitted to the oil painting research class of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and studied under Mr. Luo. After graduating from the research class, Thomos once again gave up the opportunity to teach at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and resolutely returned to Inner Mongolia, his dream grassland, and taught in the Fine Arts Department of Inner Mongolia Normal University. Since then, under his leadership, the oil painting industry in Inner Mongolia has never stopped moving forward despite many difficulties.
Beijing Art Exhibition is a blockbuster.
In A.D. 1980, Thomas went to Beijing for a meeting, where he met his teacher, Mr. Luo. Mr. Luo encouraged him to hold an art exhibition in Beijing, and provided him with a studio in a corner of Xiangshan, which was overgrown with weeds.
During his two months here, he was completely cut off from the outside world and did what he wanted. Small landscape paintings made in the past emerged in front of him. He wants to select all these and then draw them deeply, so that they can appear in front of the world in a more perfect image.
Immersed in the passion of creation, he painted and created with amazing speed and energy.
Two months later, when Thomas came out of his studio in Xiangshan, more than 80 of his works were exhibited in the gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Once the work was exhibited, it caused quite a stir in the painting world. The direct and true emotional expression of grassland and life in his works shocked the whole painting circle in China.
At that time, people in the industry commented: "His brushwork is rough and bold, but the grassland style he painted is like a melodious serenade, graceful and touching. For China people who are used to red and green posters, it is undoubtedly like a clear spring. "
The exhibition made painters in China shine at the moment, and a flood of life flooded the whole country. Painters began to describe their familiar life, capturing beauty from life and refining beauty. Painters in Inner Mongolia also began to paint grasslands with their own expression methods. Tomus led them to the Ordos Plateau to experience the real life of nomadic people, to Dunhuang to appreciate the glory of ancient murals, and to Alashan to extract the essence of rock paintings. Nearly a hundred painters grew up under his leadership.
Their footprints are all over the northwest of China. They savored the ups and downs of their creation during their arduous journey. A series of grassland paintings with different styles were born in their works, and a "grassland painting school" was formed on the cornerstone laid by Thomos. Although they show the same theme, Thomos never allows any two of them to draw exactly the same scenic spots, nor does he allow a painter to draw exactly the same pictures.
From then on, Thomas began a new stage of artistic creation, and his works began to boldly use pens and colors. During this period, his artistic style has been initially established, among which "Haystack Woman" won the silver prize in the 4th National Art Exhibition.
Grassland Ma Jun art experts
The grassland in Inner Mongolia endows Thomas with straightforward personality, and horses and people on the grassland become his special language symbols to express his feelings. Horse is an artistic symbol of Thomas. Many of his creative themes revolve around horses, and his own artistic career and life are as unruly and stubborn as the horses he wrote.
In 1960s, Thomas' actual creative time was very short, mainly from 1963 to 1966. At this time, he was still immersed in the excitement of just starting work. At this time, in addition to painting horses, he also painted works such as "In front of the stove" and "The Milkman".
From 65438 to 0980 after the reform and opening up, Thomos came to Ximeng Grassland. The vast grassland completely dispelled the grievances and pains in his heart. He picked up a paintbrush, and through the painter's brushstrokes, he released the soul that was once suppressed during the Cultural Revolution to the vast grassland.
During this period, Thomos created a lot of works, and he created more than 70 works in just two and a half months. Groups of lyrical grassland paintings have brought fresh air to China painting world, and he has pushed the oil painting art in Inner Mongolia to an unprecedented height. Most of these works appeared in the Thomos Oil Painting Exhibition in 198 1, which surprised the China painting circle at that time.
His novel "The Woman Heaping Grass" adopts the technique of "freehand brushwork", and outlines the heroic posture of a Mongolian woman heaping grass through simple lines and pure colors. 1984 "Woman Eating Grass" won the silver prize in the 6th National Art Exhibition, which gave everyone the concept of "grassland painting school" for the first time.
In the 1990s, his painting style became increasingly clear, and his paintings were deep but not frivolous, thick but not impure.
Inner interest generate becomes a painting.
At present, many painters in China sell their works through art dealers or auction houses. Thomas doesn't want to be controlled by art dealers, and he has never sold his works in an auction house. 10 years ago, he contacted the auction house once and saw some "situations" of the auction house, which made him feel very uncomfortable. Since then, I have never been in the auction house.
His paintings are collected sporadically by China Art Museum, Central Academy of Fine Arts and Luxun Academy of Fine Arts through the Oil Painting Association. Of course, his paintings are recognized by the art world and accepted by the market. One of his paintings about horses was auctioned by collectors and finally sold for 440 thousand yuan.
Thomas's life in Beijing is simple and calm now, and it seems to be his habit to play a piece of music before painting. Thomas said that he had a special liking for Ma Touqin, and every time he heard the piano, he seemed to return to the grassland after a long separation. Tai Ji Chuan of Thomas is also famous in China. He said, "It's Tai Chi that keeps me healthy at this age, so that I can continue painting, thinking and living ..."
What kind of thoughts and feelings are condensed into painting? Thomas replied, "Inner interest is exploding into a painting."