Mr. Zhou Naishan was born in Wujiadian Town, Jinzhai County, Anhui Province at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui in the hinterland of Dabie Mountain. On the eve of liberation, it was a very barren, backward and isolated mountain corner. In the 1950s after liberation, primary schools were set up here, and then junior high schools and senior high schools were set up. When Mr. Zhou was in primary school, he was gifted and had an innate artistic cell. So in the painting class at that time, his grades were always among the best, but his family was poor and he had no money to buy handy paper and pen and ink. He scraped the fine charcoal from the furnace hole as pen and ink, and drew many line drawings on the wall, ground and polished slate. Although he was drunk, his painting was unwritten and his handwriting was inappropriate, he was deeply inspired by his painting teacher. At home, I often use local delicate trees, such as Zimu tree and Simiao tree, and then grind them into carving knives with umbrella bones to carve characters' names and personal seals. Sometimes the finger is punctured and the blood is not stopped. He is tired of studying and studies from time to time. With the improvement of the old revolutionary base areas after liberation, when he was a teenager, he was able to paint with Bai Liusu paper, and he drew a picture of auspicious day and moon (harmonious catfish, moon, herring and crucian carp), a picture of Fulu Xi Shou (harmonious immortal, gourd, deer, peach and crane) and a picture of peony in a phoenix play. The whole paper is painted vertically, let alone "framed"? Teacher Zhou likes painting, and his father likes hanging pictures. From the small ancient towns in Hubei Province and Henan Province, many people from south to north will walk into the street hall to watch. The news spread, and Mr. Zhou has long been famous for his painting, and it spread like wildfire. Since the Cultural Revolution, many families in the town have asked him to write Spring Festival couplets every New Year, which gives him a good opportunity to practice calligraphy. Painters from Luotian, Macheng and Yingshan in Hubei often go to Jinzhai, Anhui Province to draw flower beds, and all kinds of flowers and plants need to draw several layers of flower boards. These masters who are not good at painting all want to ask Mr. Zhou to help them paint with advertising (gouache), and the masters are particularly satisfied. He once wrote quotations from Chairman Mao, painted Dongfanghong, Sailing at Sea by Helmsman, Chairman Mao Going to Anyuan and so on on on various cement boards with paint, which also made him well-trained and famous. Mr. Zhou is also a literary lover. He often paints large gouache scenes and performance posters, and some companies ask him to paint product advertisements. It was not until 1985 that he became the director of the county arts and crafts factory, and he often contacted some painters in the county cultural center, only then did he know a little about writing on Xuan paper, painting Chinese paintings and mounting them. Later, he studied at Hefei Huangshan Painting and Calligraphy Institute, studied under famous painters such as Zhang Jianzhong and Zheng Ruoquan, and finally entered the "Hall of Chinese Painting".
Since then, Mr. Zhou has boldly painted in a compromise way. He likes painting landscapes, flowers and birds, people, animals, especially landscapes. He said that China is a country with beautiful mountains and rivers, and I grew up in the mountains, so I must draw magnificent, beautiful and changeable mountains. The name of the studio "Xianfeng Zhai" is also around the "mountain", which has profound implications. In layman's terms, Zhou Naishan, Shan. I think I am a person who dares to be original and take risks. I am a "dangerous peak"!
Aim high and fight north and south.
Time flies, time flies. In pursuit of artistic sublimation, Mr. Zhou Naishan is bound to step out of the mountains, broaden his horizons and make friends with mentors. In the early 1990s, with the spring breeze of reform sweeping across the country, he resolutely came to Xiamen on the southeast coast, where he had no friends. With his skills of painting and practical arts and crafts, he was soon hired as the director of a public arts and crafts factory, and thus developed a variety of exquisite handicrafts such as jade imitation, copper imitation, stone imitation, bone imitation and wood imitation. At the same time, there are many galleries in Xiamen, such as Gulangyu, Zhongshan Road and Bailuzhou. Almost all kinds of calligraphy and painting exhibitions or auctions will participate. He thinks this is a rare opportunity to learn from others' strengths and make up for his own shortcomings. Mr. Zhou is a man of great personality. He never gave up all his life, and so did art. He didn't talk about genre and style in painting, and he didn't stick to it in writing, so he had to form his own system. He believes that people should have the spirit of self-creation and be extraordinary, so that the garden of art can contend and let a hundred flowers blossom. If you deliberately pursue tradition and imitation, it will be as counterproductive as learning to walk in Handan.
From the early 1990s to the end of the 20th century, Mr. Zhou Naishan took Xiamen as his resident and traveled all over Guangzhou, Zengcheng, Huizhou and Shantou in Guangdong. While focusing on the news media, he did not give up his painting and calligraphy career. He has a little leisure, either writing or painting, and he also held a solo exhibition. In the Painting Academy of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, he met many famous Lingnan painters such as Li Zhengtian, eagle painting expert Tan Dapeng and Shen Zui. In Fujian, I also met Chen Yifeng, Chairman of Fujian Artists Association, Wu Naiguang, Vice Chairman of Calligraphy Association, Zheng Kaichu, an expert on Rong painting, Zhang Renxi, an expert on Niu painting, Lin Zhongyang, a peony painter, Lin Shixiong, a disciple of Qi Baishi, Fu Xinmin, a sculptor, Zeng Chengcong, a famous calligrapher, Li Jinyang, an expert on Mei painting, and Qing Yu, a landscape painter. Through communication and discussion with them, we can take the essence of others' dribs and drabs and gather them into a river of our own artistic skills. Only in this way can people realize something and be beyond imagination and handy when painting. During the Southern Dynasties, a series of landscape works, such as Spring Full of Huangshan Mountain and Fog Full of Lotus Peak, as well as many flower and bird works, such as Plum Blossom Fragrance Comes from Bitter Cold, Soup and Qingqu, as well as figure paintings such as Punishing Evil and Affection, animal paintings, calligraphy, stone carvings and other works are readily available and invincible.
Mr. Zhou Naishan laughed at himself, "He is a restless man"! He was never satisfied on the road of artistic development. Before 2005, he had been to Beijing and had been to Beijing, but he knew that Beijing was the capital and a place where people gathered. If he wants to further sublimate art and broaden his horizons, he should come here to work hard. Since 2005, he has definitely settled in Beijing. At the beginning, he was mainly engaged in the news media industry, and he never gave up art. In recent years, he has left his footprints everywhere in the Forbidden City, museums, art galleries, painting academies, Liulichang, art cities, art colleges, large and small galleries and exhibition rooms, and has made a large number of painting and calligraphy artists, including Wu Peng, Shi Yonggao,,,, Mo Jin, Na Yuan, Hua Linting and Liu Ping. In Beijing, he has created many landscape flower-and-bird calligraphy works, such as There are so many beauties in the mountains and rivers, Glory of the motherland for ever, Rising Sun, Old Pine Crane, Forever Heroic Spirit, and Rewarding Diligence in Heaven. He personally edited and published the magazine "World Famous Artists Art" and "World Calligraphy and Painting Artists Network". He said confidently: going to Beijing to perform art is extremely advanced. He believes that "the book is rich, the world is wide, the calligraphy and painting are upright, and the colored ink spreads civilization." Before you reach gold, you need to make a lot of efforts to blow out crazy sand! He is full of confidence in the pursuit and exploration of art!
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On the occasion of "rats hide, cows rejoice", Mr. Zhou Naishan has arranged and mounted nearly 50 works in Xiamen, ready to go to Beijing to participate in the art exhibition. Shortly after the Spring Festival in 2009, he came to Beijing in the spring of March with his paintings and calligraphy. After calm thinking, he firmly decided that from the new year, he would shift his focus to art and "literature" for many years. As early as 2008, the cultural entity of "World Everest (Beijing) International Cultural Media Center" was registered in Beijing. The first business scope is "organizing cultural and artistic exchange activities". Under the legal conditions, the World Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art Research Institute was established in August. At that time, it was the middle of winter. I personally wrote the articles of association and operation plan, organized an excellent operation team, and prepared world painting and calligraphy artists. Work together to build a world-class art brand, adhere to the spirit of President Hu Jintao's speech of "uniting the strength of Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad and jointly realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation", and make positive contributions to the exchange and development of Chinese traditional culture.
At present, Mr. Zhou Naishan is working day and night to open the curtain for the two brands "World Federation of Painting and Calligraphy Artists" and "World Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art Research Institute", and he is racing against time to write and draw in his studio "Pioneer Zhai", hoping to hold a personal painting and calligraphy exhibition with scale and taste. Over the years, Mr. Zhou's paintings and calligraphy works have been published and reported by Home Economics, Life Guide Collector's Edition, Guangdong Business Daily, Asia-Pacific Economic Times, Guangzhou Daily, Modern Enterprise, Chinese Businessman, China Legal Magazine, World Chinese Businessman and many other newspapers. In addition to his work "Who's Who in the World", in July 2009, the editorial board of "China Master Mirror" presented a gift to the people of China and the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China, and also sent an invitation letter to Mr. Zhou, which was included in the "Master Mirror Book". His paintings and calligraphy works have long been purchased and collected by appreciators in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. I have seen many people's paintings and calligraphy works, but Mr. Zhou's painting and calligraphy art is really different: First, it is superior to poetry and calligraphy, showing a variety of artistic charms such as painting, calligraphy, poetry and epigraphy; Secondly, in terms of ink and color, they are all different, not plain and vulgar. "Who's Who in the World" once used "the old ink is moist and the thick brush is delicate" to evaluate his paintings, which is appropriate; Third, painting landscape paintings, good at painting famous mountains and rivers dominated by Huangshan and Taishan, with great momentum; Fourth, the inscription and seal are very particular, including the style and length of the book, and the shape and seal of the seal should complement each other. In a word, seeing Mr. Zhou's paintings and calligraphy works has a feeling of atmosphere, solemnity and novelty, which is really pleasing to the eye.
For Mr. Zhou's character, the author is even more impressed. He is outspoken, loyal, helpful and not to be outdone. His favorite mantra is to talk about "conscience" in life and "honesty" in doing things, so as to have a clear conscience! He thinks that art should be the same as life. People's painting and calligraphy artists must serve the people, the life and the audience, and cannot be divorced from the people and life. The content of calligraphy and painting works must play a positive role. Such art is truly valuable. "Writing should conform to the wishes of the people and concentrate on thinking about the future of the country"-this is the spiritual portrayal of Mr. Zhou Naishan who has been an artist for decades. In the daily work of the World Federation of Painting and Calligraphy Artists, the World Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art Research Institute and the Yellow Painting and Calligraphy Art Research Institute, he resolutely provided free services for retired cadres, old generals, model workers, heroes of the Anti-Japanese War, poor households, old artists and other artistic expertise and enthusiasts in China, and did some useful things. Now he is a painting and calligraphy artist, but he thinks there is still a long way to go and a lot of things to do. There is still a long way to go in Xiu Yuan, and I will go up and down! Mr. Zhou Naishan, who is over 60 years old, still holds a zero mentality, and his art is just a drop in the ocean! Mr. Wu Peng, a famous master of Chinese painting, a famous painter, educator, critic and pioneer of mustard garden, is duty-bound as a teacher. Mr. Wu presented a complete set of newly edited famous works and paintings such as Mustard Garden, and gave Mr. Zhou the Seal. He was persuasive, gave him sincere guidance and had high hopes. He was grateful and won a good teacher!
Zhou Naishan, Shan Ye! Stand straight! Now it's really "infinite scenery with dangerous peaks"! He is still attached to the seventy-two dangerous peaks in his hometown! What does he want to contribute to the beautiful Dabie Mountain, the hometown of Red Tour and Green Tour? It is his long-cherished wish-to return to his hometown, indulge himself, draw the mountains and waters of his hometown, and write the feelings of Mulberry! I hope the majestic, magnificent, beautiful and magnificent Dabie Mountain will benefit the world!