Most of the stones are Shoushan stones such as Tian Huangshi.
Thin meaning is a proper term of Shoushan stone carving, and it is also a unique artistic expression of Shoushan stone carving. Because of its shallow carving, it is also called "knife painting". Thin meaning is gradually derived from the relief technique, which is "shallower" than shallow relief and is called "thin meaning" because the carving layer is as thin as painting. Boyi's sculpture is famous for its elegance, meticulous workmanship and close to painting. It is a unique art between painting and sculpture, which integrates calligraphy, seal cutting and painting. Because of this, excellent artistic works often have extraordinary artistic charm and special appreciation value. Boyi, as a unique artistic expression, is not only famous in Shoushan stone industry, but also has unique artistic charm because of its exquisite carving skills. Therefore, the author thinks that Boyi is the highest realm of Shoushan stone carving. Compared with other carving techniques, it not only requires sculptors to master superb carving skills and profound foundation, but also requires artists to have good artistic accomplishment and attainments in calligraphy, seal cutting, Chinese painting, poetry rhythm and so on. Only in this way can Boyi's works be fresh and free. ?
Tian Huangshi is a yellow stone produced in Tiankeng, Shoushan, Fujian. Tian Huang's "yellow" requires rich and handsome, beautiful and eye-catching, and bright. Tian Huangshi was buried in paddy sand for millions of years, and the skin was acidified by iron, which made the stone color strong outside and light inside, thus producing the characteristics of colored skin and "radish pattern".
When it comes to thin carvings, we must talk about several famous artists.
Lin (1867 ~ 1948), a master of Boyi sculpture, was born in Fuzhou, Fujian, and studied Boyi sculpture under Chen Keying, a master of Shoushan stone carving "Ximen Sect". His meanness was carried out through painting, and he came up with new ideas. Become a famous thin carving master in Rongcheng, known as "Ximen Qing".
He was born in Fengwei Township in the western suburbs of Fuzhou, where "western learning" is full of humanistic atmosphere. He was gifted since he was a child. At first he studied under Chen Keying, but before he became a weak champion, his reputation spread far and wide. With greater ambition, he resolutely put down his meat cleaver and went to the city to meet his teachers and friends and learn calligraphy and painting. "Mustard Seed Garden" and "Late Laughing Hall Painting Collection" are all examples that he knows by heart. Later, he found inspiration from ancient stone carvings and portrait bricks, and integrated painting skills and rules into sculptures. Gong Lun's "Shoushan Stone Spectrum" praised it as "exquisite, really able to use a knife as a pen, unique to Yang (and Zhou).
Lin's thoughtfulness is bookish and can make people read poems. Regardless of simplicity or complexity, what is important is painting and pen and ink. A beautiful stone with clean and pure color is the icing on the cake because of its ingenious conception. When it encounters many cracks and defects, it can turn decay into magic, especially the fun of nature. It is another feature of his art to apply art according to his material and cleverly cover up defects.
Lin's "Mountain Flower Sculpture" is a masterpiece of Lin's mature period. This mountain is opposite to Zhangzhang, and the stone products are precious and rare. Fine and moist texture, white and psychic. It is made of begonia and roses, fresh and unique, with vivid charm. It continues on all sides like a complete landscape painting, and can be painted independently on one side. Simple layout, round and muddy knife method, flat scratching the ground, true ghost skills.
After Lin, Wang Yanquan, Wang and others continued to carry forward the thin-meaning carving method and formed an influential "thin-meaning western school" The main representative works are Night Tour in Chibi by Wang Yanquan and Fishing in Leng Jiang by Wang. ?
After the founding of New China, the younger generation who graduated from art colleges entered the stone carving creation team, adding modern elements to their thin ideas. Young talents, such as young sculptor Lin Wenju, have a solid foundation in Chinese painting and family education. At the same time, they devoted themselves to studying the essence of carving art and gained the real meaning of their creation. They are especially good at birds and bamboos, and have published Lin Wenju's Thought and Art.. Liu Aizhu, a female sculptor, graduated from art school and studied under the famous teacher Wang. She once won the true biography of Lin, and the fickle characters in her works are also deeply loved by people. ?
The "Eastern School" has also made great achievements in the shallow carving of thin ideas, such as Lin Youqing, Lin, Lin Shoukan, Guo and other famous artists, and their thin works are also unique. In particular, Lin Youqing and his son Lin Shoukan, the "East Gate Celebration", have a completely different style from the "Ximen Qing School". Their works are swords and shadows, and the pictures are exquisite and artistic. Today, Guo, the master of Shoushan Stone, is unique, unique and full of life. Every work is picturesque, showing the extraordinary skill of the master. ?
Shoushan Stone's thin art can stand out from folk crafts, integrate the freehand brushwork of Chinese painting into stone creation, and make landscape figures concentrated in square inches, becoming a unique visual art, and the pursuit spirit of Fuzhou sculpture artists is admirable. Through the unremitting efforts and innovations of several generations of artists represented by Ximenlin Qingqing, stone carvings have become a unique category of Chinese culture and art, and their artistic style and appreciation value can be called a wonderful flower in the treasure house of China's historical and traditional culture and art! ?
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