1. Huang Binhong
Huang Binhong, whose original name was Maozhi, was named Yuanji because he was born on the New Year's Day of the lunar calendar. Because the name of his tenth ancestor Yuanji was taboo, he changed his name to Zhi, with the courtesy name Pucun. There are many aliases used, among which Binhong is the most popular. His ancestral home is Tandu Village, Xixiang, She County, Anhui Province, and he was born in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province.
Huang Binhong’s life spanned two centuries and two eras, and he eventually became famous as a master of Chinese painting. What is important is that his thinking and practice bear the profound imprint of the changes of the century. In the face of the spiritual and cultural dilemmas caused by the drastic changes in society and the many difficulties in the development of art, Huang Binhong adheres to the excellent traditions of Chinese intellectuals, starting from exploring the origin of national culture, and upholds the ideal of healthy and peaceful existence and honesty with "honour and splendor" He reshaped his spirit into the aesthetic guidance of artistic creation and worked hard for decades. Therefore, his achievements are multifaceted, and his paintings epitomize his deep enthusiasm and insight into the art historical tradition. It reflects his unique insights and creations on the development prospects of Chinese painting. The significance of this creation lies in erecting a new milestone for the history of Chinese painting to enter the modern era. At the same time, his creative spirit also shows us the persistent and wise life of a simple and great Chinese intellectual artist in the rapid current of the times.
“The quality of paintings is rooted in character.” Huang Binhong was diligent and humble throughout his life and tirelessly taught. He has been a patriot since his youth. On the occasion of his 90th birthday, the Ministry of Culture of East China awarded him the title of "Outstanding Painter of the Chinese People". When Master Bin Hong passed away, he asked his family to donate all of his collection of 2,283 ancient and modern paintings, bronzes, porcelain, jades, and thousands of his own works to the country, which shows his deep love for the motherland.
2. Qi Baishi
The original name was Chunzhi, with the courtesy name Weiqing, and later changed to Huang, with the courtesy name Pingsheng, and the nickname Baishi. The nickname was borrowed from the owner of the mountain hall, and was sent to Old Ping, Lao Ping, Xingziwu old people, wooden people, wooden lay people, etc., are from Xiangtan, Hunan. He is a famous painter, calligrapher and seal engraver in my country in the 20th century. He once served as professor at the Beijing National Art College, honorary professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, honorary president of the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts, and chairman of the Chinese Artists Association. He was awarded the title of "Chinese People's Artist", won the 1955 International Peace Gold Medal of the World Peace Council, and was elected as a "World Cultural Celebrity" on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth in 1963, etc. There are "Baishi Poetry and Grass", "Baishi Seal and Grass", "Selected Works of Qi Baishi", "Collection of Qi Baishi's Works", etc. handed down from generation to generation.
He worked as a carpenter in his early years, and later learned poetry, seal cutting, calligraphy, and painting from local intellectuals Chen Shaofan and Hu Qinyuan. So he made a living by selling paintings and engraving. In his middle age, he traveled many times to the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. Fan Zengxiang, the poet, wrote with sincerity and the interest of ancient folk songs. The seals were made using the techniques of Qin Quan, Han seals, and Han steles. They were made with a single sword, bold and powerful. He Zizhen, Jin Dongxin, Li Beihai, "Tianfa Shenprophe" and "Sangong Mountain" were calligraphers. In his later years, he participated in the construction of monuments with Cao Zi. With the support of Chen Shizeng, painting underwent a "decline reform", which allowed him to navigate between the broad and the subtle. He has written many "good articles" that are "eternal masterpieces".
Qi Huang was a carpenter and a great artist who was outstanding in poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing. His artistic experience was legendary. Regarding these four skills, he considered seal cutting to be the first, poetry second, calligraphy third, and painting fourth.
3. Xu Beihong (1895-1953) was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. His father was a slightly famous painter. When Beihong was a boy, he studied painting with his father. When he was 20 years old, he was selling paintings in Shanghai. In 1918, he was invited by Cai Yuanpei to serve as a tutor at the Painting Research Society of Peking University. The following year, he went to Paris to study, and then to Berlin and Belgium to study sketching and oil painting. He was very fond of classical paintings from the European Renaissance and beyond, and devoted himself to copying them without sleep or food. After returning to China in 1927. He successively served as the dean of the Peking Art Institute, the director of the Art Department of Nanjing Central University, and the president of the Peking Art College after the Anti-Japanese War. After liberation, he served as president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and chairman of the National Association of Art Workers until his death.
4. Zhang Daqian
Zhang Daqian-----is a Chinese painting master with world influence. His outstanding achievements in creation are inseparable from his profound academic accomplishment, profound life accumulation, and his wide network of teachers and friends, who can make up for his shortcomings through his strengths. In addition to painting, he also dabbled in poetry, classical prose, drama, music, calligraphy, and seal cutting. He also successively interacted with various domestic masters such as Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Huang Binhong, Puru, Yu Feichang and foreign master Picasso, and his skills were extraordinary.
Zhang Daqian's name is Yuan, also known as Ji, Ji Ling, with the courtesy name Daqian, and his alias Daqian Jushi, or his posthumous name is "Zhang Daqian from Shu". Born in 1901 and died in 1984, he was a native of Neijiang, Sichuan. When Zhang Daqian was young, he was influenced and guided by his mother who was good at painting and his second brother Zhang Shanzi who was famous for painting tigers and called himself "tiger crazy". He also learned poetry, calligraphy and painting from famous teachers Zeng Nongbeard and Li Mei'an. In addition to copying the famous monuments of the past dynasties, he also traveled to famous mountains and rivers, taking nature as his teacher, and after painstaking study, he achieved outstanding artistic achievements. In his youth, he was as famous as his second brother Zhang Shanzi. In his twenties, he went to Japan to study and learned dyeing and weaving. After returning to China, he was obsessed with Buddhism and went to Ningbo Tiantong Temple to "convert to Buddhism" and wanted to become a monk. It is said that he was afraid of burning nine incense sticks on his head, so he had to bid farewell to his master, the great monk Hongfa, and return to the real world. . In 1932, his family moved to Suzhou Wangshiyuan and devoted himself to painting. After 1940, it took two and a half years to sort out the numbers and copy the Dunhuang caves in my country one by one, which enriched the painting techniques. He moved to Hong Kong in 1948 and later lived in India, France, Brazil and other countries. He settled in Taiwan in 1978 and died of illness in Taiwan in April 1984. He died at the age of 84. Now the "Maya Jingshe" where he lived in Taiwan during his lifetime has been built as the "Zhang Daqian Memorial Hall".
5. Fu Baoshi
Fu Baoshi (1904?1.965) was born in Xinyu County, Jiangxi Province. When he was young, he loved painting, calligraphy and seal cutting. In 1933, he received funding from Xu Beihong to study in Japan, where he studied the history of oriental art and graduated from the Tokyo Imperial School of Art. After returning to China, he taught in the Art Department of Central University. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as president of the Jiangsu Traditional Chinese Painting Academy and vice chairman of the Chinese Artists Association. Good at painting landscapes and figures. He advocates innovation and has made many achievements. He created the bouldering drum method, which uses pens with straight roots, folds and circles, thickness, weight, virtual and real changes in the rock drum method. Figure painting is influenced by Chen Laolian but can be modified and used to create a style of its own. Use the brush to refine and focus on the charm to achieve a hypnotic effect. His painting methods and structures are unconventional and original, with elegant and elegant lines, deep and pure colors, and he is good at integrating water, ink and color. The artistic conception is profound and the fairy-like paintings are intoxicating. His works are particularly prolific, including "Fu Baoshi's Art Collection" and dozens of other works. The influence is far-reaching
6. Pan Tianshou
The themes of Pan Tianshou's paintings include eagles, lotuses, pine trees, four gentlemen, landscapes, figures, etc. Each painting must have a strange situation and a dangerous structure. Striving for balance, the form can be concise and far-reaching; the stone hooks are square and have water chestnuts; the ink rhyme is rich, heavy, burnt, and light, and the lines show the condensation and vigor of the brush.
He is good at freehand paintings of flowers, birds, landscapes, and occasional figures. He is especially good at painting eagles, starlings, fruits and vegetables, pine trees, plum trees, etc. Bold in writing, careful in coloring. The ink and color are crisscrossed, the composition is fresh and green, majestic and interesting. The picture is vivid and fascinating.
Pan Tianshou's finger painting is also unique and his achievements are extremely outstanding. This type of works is large in number and powerful, such as "Qingxia", "Zhuhe", "Xinfang", etc., all painted with finger-ink flowers, such as "Lotus reflecting the sun", painted with splashed ink and painted with palms. The leaves, drawn with fingertips, have a vivid charm that cannot be achieved by the power of the pen. When Pan Tianshou paints, every stroke he draws must be carefully considered and meticulous. Under the guidance of the thought of "what is constant must change", he took the strengths of other schools and developed his own style. His painting materials were ordinary subjects, but the paintings he started could produce extraordinary artistic appeal. For example, his "A Corner of a Little Dragon", especially the composition of the main body of the picture, the little dragon, is pushed to the corner, implicitly allowing the viewer to first see the majestic mountains of Lingyan and the brilliant mountain flowers, and then to appreciate the dragon's water. This method is in contrast to those that make the picture "unobstructed". It not only shows the painter's surprising composition ability, but also expresses the painter's inner feelings for ordinary things.
The value of Pan Tianshou's art lies mainly in his bold creative spirit. He often said, "Barren mountains, cluttered rocks, quiet grass and idle flowers, although they are not special or ordinary, can be obtained by those with a wise heart and skillful hands." He is also very good at calligraphy. He studied Zhong and Yan in his early years, and later captured the essence of Wei and Jin steles as well as ancient seal script and Han Dynasty. He is also good at poetry and seal writing. When I paint in my daily life, I am very serious and particular about poetry, inscriptions, postscripts, and seals, and I am never careless. He is also well versed in the history and theory of painting, and is the author of "History of Chinese Painting", "Gu Kaizhi", "Tingtian Pavilion Poems", and "Talks on Silk Screening". There are also "Tingtiange Painting Talk Essays" and so on.
7. Lin Fengming
Lin Fengming, a modern painter and art educator. Originally named Lin Fengming, he was born in Meixian, Guangdong. He loved painting since he was a child. At the age of 19, he went to France to study on a work-study basis.
He first studied Western painting at the Tijing School of Fine Arts, and then transferred to the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris for further study. After returning to China in 1925, he became the principal and professor of Peking Art College. In 1927, Lin Fengmian was invited by Cai Yuanpei to go to Hangzhou to found the National Academy of Art (later Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts) and served as its president. After liberation, he served as a painter at the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy. Lin Fengmian settled in Hong Kong in the 1970s and held a personal exhibition in Paris in 1979, which was a great success.
Lin Fengmian is good at describing ladies, Peking opera characters, fishing village customs and female bodies, as well as various still life paintings and landscape paintings with houses. Judging from the content of the work, it has a sad, lonely, empty, and lyrical style; from a formal point of view, the first is a square composition, and the second is that it has no title. The characteristics of his paintings are distinctive, and the viewer can recognize them at a glance. He tried to break the boundaries between Chinese and Western art and create a universal artistic language. He is worthy of being an innovative art master who has had a profound influence on many later generations of painters. Lin Fengmian was the spiritual leader of the Chinese art world throughout the 20th century
8. Wu Guanzhong
Wu Guanzhong is a master of Chinese and Western art. For decades, he has been exploring the combination of Chinese and Western painting arts. together.
Wu Guanzhong was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province in 1919. He initially studied engineering. By chance, he visited the Hangzhou Art College, which was chaired by the painter Lin Fengmian at that time. He was immediately fascinated by the colorful artistic beauty and decided to switch to art. Dedicate your life. After graduating from middle school, he was admitted to Hangzhou Art College. After graduating from university, Wu Guanzhong took the public scholarship to study in France in 1946. When he graduated, the People's Republic of China was founded, so he decided to return to China and taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and later at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He aims to combine Chinese and Western art and promote Chinese painting art to the world. His spirit can be summed up by the title of one of his books, which is "art rather than life".
Wu Guanzhong’s earliest paintings were mostly based on the themes of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The pictures are full of poetry. He paid special attention to the combination and matching of points, lines and surfaces. In recent years, his painting style has changed. He often uses thick lines in a batch of works that reflect the Loess Plateau, creating a unique artistic conception of his own. Recently, he received the honor of "France's highest honor for culture and art".
The British Museum launched an unprecedented exhibition from March 26 to May 10, 1992 - Wu Guanzhong's solo exhibition. 44 works were exhibited, including oil paintings, ink paintings and drawings created by him since 1970. This exhibition is called "unprecedented" because it is Wu Guanzhong's first solo exhibition in Europe, and it is also the first time that the British Museum has exhibited in China. Exhibitions held by living painters. Therefore, this solo exhibition is not only another breakthrough in Wu Guanzhong's painting career, but also means the advancement of artistic exchanges between the East and the West. Wu Guanzhong said that my paintings express the advantages of Western painting. In Chinese painting, every stroke of the dots and lines I draw has a decent structural relationship. Whether they are large or small dots, long or short lines, they are strictly used and are not random. Sometimes there can be neither more nor less. Too many ideas will not help the picture, so I try to cover them up. The same goes for the length of the lines. They are not drawn casually, they have to be just right.
< p>9. Li KeranMr. Li Keran was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province on March 26, 1907. He studied traditional landscape painting from his hometown teacher Xian Qian Shizhi at the age of 13. At the age of 16, he entered a private art college in Shanghai to study with excellent results. He entered the Hangzhou (International) West Lake Art Institute and was admitted as a graduate student. He studied Western painting under professors such as Lin Fengmian. In 1943, he was appointed as a lecturer at the Chongqing National Art College and engaged in Chinese painting teaching, creation and work. In 1946, he was hired by Xu Beihong to teach at the National Peking University. A professor of Chinese painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, he also studied under Qi Baishi and Huang Binhong, and devoted himself to the research and creation of traditional national paintings. After the founding of New China, he further devoted himself to the innovation of Chinese painting art, and "the most valuable thing is the soul." The motto of "enter with great skill and strike out with the greatest courage" has given the ancient art of landscape painting a new life. Mr. Keran's landscapes are profound, dignified, broad and majestic, and have promoted traditional national painting with a distinctive spirit of the times and artistic personality. The evolution and sublimation of Mr. Keran's self-contained educational thoughts gave rise to the "Li Keran School" that is active in the painting world. He is not only a master who has worked hard for more than 70 years, but also made important contributions to the development of artistic concepts. , his influence has already transcended the art world and has been highly praised by all aspects.
His works are collected in major museums at home and abroad.
Special albums include "Li Keran's Painting Collection", "Li Keran's Painting Collection", etc. (Transfer)