Huang Binhong:
(1864-1955) an outstanding modern painter. His original name was Maozhi, his given name was Zhi, and his courtesy name was Pu Cun, Pu Cen. He was also known as Pu Cheng, Pi Qin, nicknamed Bin Hong, Bie Shu Yu Xiang, Hong Sou, Huangshan Mountain Ren, etc. Originally from Shexian County, Anhui Province, he was born in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province. He loved painting when he was young, and also studied seal carving in his spare time. When he was six years old, he copied the landscape album of Shen Tingrui (Qiaoya) in his family collection, and studied flowers and birds from Zheng Zheng, Chen Chongguang and others. He lived in Shanghai for thirty years. In the first twenty years, he mainly worked in newspapers and bookstores, engaged in news and art editing. Later, he switched to education and served as a professor in various art schools in Shanghai. He also taught at art academies in Beijing, Hangzhou and other places. He serves as Vice Chairman of the East China Branch of the Chinese Artists Association. His techniques were practiced by Li Liufang, Cheng Sui, Can Can, Hongren, etc., but he also followed other schools in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. The work pays attention to the unity of virtuality and reality, complexity and simplicity, density and density in composition; the writing is like making seal script, listening carefully and solemnly, and is powerful. After the age of seventy, his paintings are full of excitement and richness. He likes to use accumulated ink, splashing ink, broken ink and accumulated ink to make the mountains and rivers deep and majestic. The so-called "black, dense, thick and heavy" painting style is his distinctive feature. His calligraphy "Zhong Ding" has deep skills. His books include: "A Study on the Origin of Huangshan Painters", "Honglu Painting Talk", "Ancient Paintings", "Painting Studies", "Epigraphy, Calligraphy and Painting", "Essentials of Painting", etc. He co-edited "Art Series" with Deng Shi. ” and a compilation of “Quotations from Huang Binhong’s Paintings”.
In the history of modern Chinese painting, there is the theory of "Southern Huang and Northern Qi". "Northern Qi" refers to Qi Baishi, a master of flower-and-bird painting living in Beijing, and "Southern Huang" refers to the landscape painting master of Zhejiang. Huang Binhong, the two are listed together in the art world, which shows that Huang Binhong's artistic skills and achievements are extraordinary. Huang Binhong was born in Jinhua, Zhejiang in 1865 and died in 1955. He has a simple name and a simple character. He is good at landscapes, flowers and pays attention to sketching, but he became famous relatively late. After the age of 50, his painting style gradually became more realistic. After the age of 80, his painting style of "black, dense, thick and heavy" that people are familiar with was truly formed. Huang Binhong's landscape paintings in his later years were characterized by deep layers of mountains and rivers, majestic momentum, and shocking world. This remarkable feature also elevated Chinese landscape paintings to a supreme realm. Due to Huang Binhong's outstanding contribution in the history of art, on his 90th birthday, he was awarded the title of "Outstanding Painter of the Chinese People" by the country.
The scroll of his "Autumn Forest Picture", colored on paper. The length is 122.8 cm and the width is 48.8 cm. Now in the possession of Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House. In this picture, you can see overlapping mountains, sparse trees, and shrouded clouds. The distant view is a hillside with lush old pines and several bungalows scattered around. There is a four-cornered pavilion at the back of the garden, in which one person sits. There are many trees on the mountainside, their branches are slanting, and the mountains stand tall and independent. On the left side is a vast lake, with two sailboats sailing downwind between the two mountains. The mountains are lined with water, and the water is used to heat the mountains, creating a close relationship between the mountains and the water that create beauty for each other. Although this picture has high mountains, winding mountain roads, dense forests, and many layers, it is still clear, graceful, and vivid. The idea is ordinary and strange, and the essence is taken from the near, and the potential is taken from the distance, and does not fall into the ordinary path. The pen and ink are dry and moist, with some virtual and real, complex but not chaotic. This is inseparable from the painter's long-term artistic practice, which has brought his painting skills to a state of perfection. This painting can also fully reflect his artistic style of "rich mountains and lush vegetation".