"Chinese painting has a long history, profound, unique oriental charm and the essence of traditional culture. Only by learning the styles and techniques of ancient and modern schools, constantly deepening life practice, boldly reforming and innovating, and grasping the essential characteristics of things can we create works with strong artistic appeal. " This is a famous saying summed up by the painter Guo Shengli after years of profound tempering. Guo Shengli, wing of the word,No. Yan Yunshan, originally from Qinyang, Henan Province, 1947 was born in An. Graduated from Xi Academy of Fine Arts, national senior artist. He studied under Mr. He, a famous master of landscape painting, and Mr. Shilu. He has been engaged in painting and calligraphy for more than 40 years, and his artistic accomplishment is comprehensive and profound. The figures, animals and landscapes in his Chinese paintings are unique, and his works are lofty in artistic conception, magnificent in atmosphere, rigorous in composition, both in form and spirit, dignified and profound, and unique in style. In particular, his tiger works are well-known at home and abroad, and are known as "tiger fanatics" by the world. His calligraphy works are free and easy, vigorous, elegant and smart, vigorous and fluent, full of books, showing great verve and high aesthetic and collection value.
From 65438 to 0973, Guo Shengli went to Beijing with his teacher and visited dozens of Chinese painting masters such as Wu Zuoren, Hua and Ye, which played a key role in Guo Shengli's understanding of Chinese painting all his life. They often have long talks with the master and apprentice, asking them to teach him the painting skills of Chinese painting and explore Chinese painting together. The master clearly pointed out that Chinese painting is a part of our national cultural heritage and a unique art in China, so painting must be suitable for our national conditions and rooted in the national soil. To learn Chinese painting, we must first have infinite love for the Chinese nation, and at the same time have a deep understanding of traditional culture and art in order to draw Chinese painting well. Painting is like personality. Painting with emotion can make your heart and hands smooth and your pen shine. The most important thing is to cherish ink like gold. Only people who use clean brushwork can draw good products, otherwise they will lack charm and taste, and what they draw is a picture. People who study painting must insist on learning calligraphy. Calligraphy and painting are integrated, and calligraphy and painting are in the same strain. People who can draw can certainly write.
Guo Shengli loves to draw tigers, so the master told the story of Mr. Zhang Shanzai, a famous tiger painter in modern China, about raising and drawing tigers, and showed him the majestic posture of various tigers, so that he gradually understood the mystery. 1September 1992, Guo Shengli went to Kyoto, Japan to hold a personal painting and calligraphy exhibition. Most paintings and calligraphy works are dominated by animals. During the exhibition, many famous Japanese painting and calligraphy collectors came to watch. Among them, six-foot Shuang Hu was bought by Japanese collectors at sky-high prices, and nearly 100 works he brought were all collected by Japanese friends. (Zhu Gewen)
Good at painting and calligraphy, loyalty and filial piety
After more than forty years of hard training and pursuit, his paintings and calligraphy have formed their own characteristics. On the basis of inheriting Mr. He's traditional skills, his landscape paintings have gradually formed a simple, simple, bold and natural style, such as Loess Style, Mountain Man Above, Taihua Xiongzi, Soul of the Yellow River and other works, with ingenious composition, powerful lines, elegant ink color and appropriate shades. It shows the vast and rugged Loess Plateau, the majestic and green Qinba Mountain area, the majestic Yellow River and the majestic and steep Huashan Mountain, which gives people a shock to the soul and visual impact, brings refreshing peace and comfort to the noisy and impetuous modern city, and arouses people's attachment and love for the motherland. The tiger he painted. Horse, Xia Chan, goldfish, goshawk, Mo Long, etc. Exquisite brushwork, natural composition, lifelike, appealing to both refined and popular tastes. In particular, he is energetic, energetic when he walks, angry when he acts, and speaks like Hong Zhong, so the tiger he painted gives people a sense of whistling in Qian Shan and singing in all fields, and is called a tiger idiot. Guo Shengli devoted himself to writing calligraphy and cursive script for a long time, focusing on calligraphy and cursive script, and formed his own elegant, vigorous and fluent style, which was deeply loved by collectors. In September 2003, as a member of China calligraphy delegation, he went to South Korea to participate in calligraphy exhibition. Shen Peng, chairman of China Calligraphy Association, told him: Xi is a place with outstanding people, and your calligraphy is very powerful and has great potential.
I appreciate Guo Shengli's books and paintings, and I appreciate Guo Shengli's character even more. Guo Shengli is a hero. He is kind and charitable. He is generous to people who come to ask for calligraphy and painting, and rarely vulgar. Because he helps others, so far his living room is often crowded with guests. From 1990s to 2005, when Guo Shengli was in charge of the art of painting and calligraphy at the People's Daily reporter station in Shaanxi, relying on the influence of the People's Daily and his personality, we hosted many calligraphy and painting pen meetings, and provincial and municipal leaders and masters of painting and calligraphy were invited to attend. One year, An Qiyuan, secretary of the provincial party committee, also attended the meeting. Look around and be a man, filial and kind. This is Guo Shengli's principle of being a man, his son and his father. But for an 89-year-old mother, he will always be a child. Since his mother's 60th birthday, he has held birthday celebrations for her every year. On May 26th, 2004, his mother celebrated her 80th birthday. Master figure painter Liu Wenxi and his wife Chen Guangjian went to the birthday party to congratulate and present paintings and calligraphy works. Liu Wenxi said: Guo Shengli is a very filial son. Because he is a dutiful son, I am very willing to associate with him. I will try my best to attend all his invitations. That birthday party happened to be Buddha's birthday. I attended an interview with the Buddha's finger relic of Famen Temple in Hong Kong, but I couldn't attend the meeting. I have carefully selected the gift of the Prime Minister of the Seven Laws: it rains to welcome the Buddha's bones, and the weather is new after the rain. The Buddha shines on Chang 'an Road, and the loving mother nurtures the strong body. Eighty years in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and a thousand years in ups and downs. Friends from all over the world came to celebrate their birthdays, and they were very happy to spend a hundred years with their mother. A few days ago, I asked Victory: You are 65 years old this year. I admire your filial piety to your mother. You are still so young and energetic. Guo Shengli said: I am young because my motherland is ancient, and I respect the elderly because I have children and grandchildren. (Meng Qian' an)