On June 23, 1974, Qin Zhongwen, a modern Chinese painter and art historian, passed away.
Qin Zhongwen is a modern Chinese painter and art historian. Yu Ming. Born in Zunhua County, Hebei Province. His original name was Qin Yurong, his original name was Wenzhong, and his later name was Qin Yu. He lives in Liangzihe Village, and his studio is called Qunfeng Fucuiju. Born on January 26, 1996 in Zunhua County, Hebei Province, died of illness in Beijing on June 23, 1974. I have loved drawing since I was a child. I started copying from "Mustard Garden Painting Biography", "Human Zhai Painting", and "Paintings of Ancient and Modern Celebrities".
In 1915, he entered the Department of Law and Politics of Peking University. Around 1915, when I was studying at Peking University, I participated in the Chinese Painting Research Conference initiated by Chairman Cai Yuanpei and listened to the opinions of famous artists. In 1920, he joined the Chinese Painting Research Association. Educated in Jincheng and other places. He tried to copy ancient masterpieces. Since the late 1920s, he has taught at Peking University School of Art, Beijing Art Institute, and National Peking University Art Institute. After liberation, he worked as a painter at the Beijing Painting Academy and as a professor at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts.
[/h/In 1947, due to differences between Xu Beihong and Xu Beihong, he was expelled after the summer vacation. In the mid-1950s, he wrote another article arguing with Wang Xun about Chinese painting, trying to maintain traditional painting methods and characteristics. During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted and died of depression.
Qin Zhongwen carefully studied and copied ancient paintings. He is a Chinese painter with profound brush and ink skills. He is also proficient in poetry, good at calligraphy, and has left works in the history of painting, so he has a deep and thorough understanding of traditional painting art.
Before the age of 50, Qin Zhongwen’s paintings mainly copied the ancients, and then integrated them into his own sketches, trying to break through the ancient norms and create his own look. His works from the late 1950s to the early 1960s are the most mature, including "Sketches on Shafeng Road", "Rain on Minshan Mountain", "Yueyang Tower", "Natural Disasters in Wujiang", "Selected Works of Qin Zhongwen", etc.
He mastered the techniques of southern landscape painting with the bold temperament of a northerner. His pen is strong and powerful, and his ink is delicate, which can express his boldness and boldness in a small frame. He is also good at writing in red ink in printed script, with a clear and powerful style. Published "Qin Zhongwen's Landscape Painting Collection", "Qin Zhongwen's Painting Collection" and "History of Chinese Painting".
Qin Zhongwen is good at landscape painting and ink bamboo, especially ink landscape painting. Its landscape, integrating Wang Shigu and Wu, can be traced back to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, striving to integrate the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It likes to chop down trees with a small ax, the scenery is simple, and the brushstrokes are firm and dense. After liberation, there were many sketches, but the basic style remained unchanged. Qin Zhongwen is good at poetry and art history research, and is the author of important art history books in the first half of the 20th century.