Qi Baishi is a local painter. Why did he win the reputation of the world?

Qi Baishi is a world-renowned master of art in the last century, and he is still widely concerned. In the media, exhibitions, publications, auctions, and streets, his art has been repeatedly commented. This shows that Qi Baishi's art has not become a thing of the past, and it has enlightening contemporary significance for both creators and appreciators, starting with borrowing the past from the present on his creative road. He was born in the late Qing Dynasty, when ancient China was very weak. At that time, the powers coveted him, and people with lofty ideals made unremitting efforts for the rejuvenation of China. An important aspect of rejuvenating China is the rejuvenation of Chinese culture, which naturally includes the rejuvenation of traditional arts that have long declined. For this reason, some artists have made great efforts to learn western art, introduced western art into China, and embarked on a road of integrating Chinese and western art to meet the needs of China. Qi Baishi did not refuse to absorb western culture, and even said that if he was not old, he would learn western painting. But in terms of artistic innovation, he insisted on being rooted in the national soil. On the one hand, he tried to get rid of the imitation wind that had already become a painter, and advocated "deleting a pair of copywriting"; On the other hand, he tried to inherit the fine traditions of ancient times with a unique vision: first, the unique tradition of freehand brushwork that keeps pace with the times since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which advocates that "the green vine is far from embryo, and it will be extinct at the end of the year; I wish Jiuquan was a running dog, and I would know the mystery of its "sex is outside, heart is inside"; Second, the tradition of "nature is more interesting than people" and "dare to do things" in the Qin and Han dynasties, which advocated "learning from the ancients, learning to hate the ancients, and not seeing me". To this end, he has reformed and innovated many times. The development and innovation of art of all nationalities in the world have the same truth, but there is no unified style. Contemporary art of new art also meets the needs of modern human development, but there is no unified model that must be made according to foreign laws. Qi Baishi's borrowing from the past shows that he has fully realized that inheriting tradition is an important foundation for innovation, and innovation is the inevitable development of inheritance. ，@$ q* M 1 X/ h#？ ; g 1 O: ^

Caring for nature and eulogizing peace is the main theme of Qi Baishi's art, and it is also an important aspect worthy of our full reference. Qi Baishi, born in a poor peasant family, has a very close spiritual connection with nature's landscapes, vegetation and free-living flowers, birds, fish and insects. Under the influence of China's natural view of "the harmony between man and nature", this connection turns into a deep love, which permeates the soul, injects a childlike innocence into his works and can cause the soul to throb. He not only painted the anxiety of frogs jumping freely and being bound by their hands, but also painted the morbid state of old pines suffering from insect pests, and wrote an affectionate call: "pine needles are as thin as insects, and pine nuts are as green as moss all their lives." God has mercy on this tree, rain and lightning come together! " When Qi Baishi won the international peace prize, he said, "It is precisely because I love my hometown, the beautiful and rich mountains and rivers of my motherland, and all the fresh life on earth that I have spent my whole life painting the feelings of an ordinary China person in a painting and writing it in a poem. It was not until recent years that I realized that I was pursuing peace. " And he won the prize, just as the judges of the International Peace Prize of the World Peace Council pointed out: "His praise of the realm of beauty and peace and the beautiful desire of mankind to pursue a better life have been heard all over the world." With the development of today's world, human beings have more consciously strengthened their environmental awareness of caring for nature and protecting ecology to achieve sustainable development, and the leading charm of Qi Baishi's art has become more prominent.

r3u & amp； F. P) x Qi Baishi's high consciousness of guarding his spiritual home is worth inheriting by contemporary artists. He has a pure heart and loves peace, and spent most of his life in the war in which the foreign powers won China. The great powers have material civilization, but they have alienated human nature and lost their conscience, causing the suffering and anxiety of ordinary people. In this regard, Huang reflected: "Before and after the European War, human beings felt the pain. Realizing that material civilization is man-made is not as interesting as spiritual civilization. " Many of Qi Baishi's works are full of deep affection and wisdom to protect the spiritual home of mankind in the era of developed material civilization. Some works hit the nail on the head, and "Tumbler" is entitled "Suddenly breaking you, where is the heart?" Is a prominent example. "Peach Monkey Map", titled "Looking back after stealing, I am afraid, giving birth to human blood, I am morally ashamed", is also an example. Some works have a unique style, praising the foolish spirit of striving for strength and self-improvement, which can be represented by Chai, with the title of "Handing down my descendants with utensils". Some works vividly show the significance of education to the formation of moral character. He described the chickens vying to eat earthworms, but remembered what the ancients called "chickens have five virtues" and "eat each other", which is one of the five virtues, and wrote a profound "it calls each other every day". Some works brilliantly convey an intriguing philosophy of life. One of them, a group of tadpoles in a pond, is persistently chasing the beautiful lotus shadow that will never be seen, silently warning the viewer that in pursuit of what they think is beautiful, we must first distinguish between true and false. As can be seen from the above examples, Qi Baishi's protection of the spiritual home revolves around eulogizing the truth, goodness and beauty, lashing the false, evil and ugly, and adopts various positive ways, either praising, exposing or admonishing, thus sincerely praising the national spirit. From Qi Baishi's art, it can be seen that without a correct understanding of the national spirit and the innovative consciousness of keeping pace with the times in national life, the modern significance of painting and calligraphy art and other visual cultures can not be realized. Today, of course, we must actively absorb the outstanding modern cultural achievements of other nations in the world, but we cannot leave the soil of nations and people. This should be a beneficial inspiration to Qi Baishi's art and its modern significance.