Through Wu Han's works, we can see his down-to-earth attitude towards life. For example, his historical figure paintings and brush strokes can show his pragmatic nature, not publicity, not sloppy, just like his life style. He became famous very early, and still remains elegant, simple and rigorous, showing his optimism and enthusiasm for life everywhere.
Historical figure painting is the main body of his creation. Such subjects are often drawn from ancient literature, especially poetry. For example, the papaya in Ode to Orange, the Book of Songs, the pipa in the Tang Dynasty, and the stone-refining picture of Nu Wa in the Fairy Biography in the Jin Dynasty. Wu Han has a good literary accomplishment and is good at extracting painting elements from it, which makes his works creative and has a high sense of the masses. His works clearly explain the characters, stories and plots, and at the same time, use concise brushstrokes and rhyme to dominate the colors, so as to maximize the painting space from limited to infinite. The contrast and rhythm of the shape, color and rhyme of the picture have no specific image description, only the expansion and contraction of the volume of the color space dominated by rhyme. For example, he painted a series of paintings with different expressions for Zhong Kui, which set off the power of Zhong Kui's ghost-fighting and ghost-controlling circles. Zhong Kui, written by most painters in China, is serious and unsmiling, which makes ghosts and gods feel frightened and makes ordinary people, especially children, stay away from him. Zhong Kui painted by Wu Han accurately and vividly shows his characters, which is not only a close and accurate realistic style, but also makes Zhong Kui smile most of the time. The person who does bad things retreats from his paintings, but the person who does good things has courage. For example, in Music in the Sun in Zhong Kui, Zhong Kui's happiness and pride are vividly displayed on the paper with a relaxed style of painting, and the color, composition and details of the picture are both atmospheric and meticulous, and the macro and micro are properly grasped. His thorough understanding of historical figures also shows that Wu Han has a profound literary foundation.
Wu Han's "Dongli Picking Chrysanthemums" has a calligraphy inscription as a version set off by Tao Yuanming: "Building a house depends on human feelings, and there are no chariots and horses. Ask what you can do, your heart is far from self-prejudice. Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, you can see Nanshan leisurely. The mountains are getting better and better, and the birds are back. There is a real meaning in this, and I have forgotten what I want to say. " In such a very natural and frank artistic conception, Tao Yuanming felt a certain realm of life. However, such a very delicate realm can only be understood but not expressed, so "I want to argue and forget to say." The value of isolated pens and ink separated from a specific picture is equal to zero. Wu Han vividly demonstrated his character and demeanor. In this painting, Tao Yuanming's aloof and lofty became clear when he looked up at the sky. At this moment, the troubles between secular people have nothing to do with him, and his eyes only have his favorite chrysanthemum. The charm of this pastoral poet is self-evident in a simple sketch. The sensitivity, delicacy, broadness and freedom of the poet's mind are difficult to express, but they can be heard in the paintings. Using landscape rendering to set off Tao Yuanming's version is even more distinctive and full of atmosphere: the landscape perspective, light and shade, color change and other aspects of this painting have absorbed the expression techniques of western painting, making the characters in one corner of the picture more colorful. It looks like scenery, but it actually sets people off. Rendered with black ink as the base, as leaves or shadows, then deepened layer by layer, and finally covered with blood red. The proportion of trees accounts for almost all the pictures, but it is not a complete tree. A world in a flower and a heaven in a tree. The painting is not full, but the joy in my heart has completely spread and penetrated into my heart. Only picking chrysanthemums in Dongli at this moment is the most splendid moment. He didn't say anything, but the happiness, beauty and diversity of life in the world were cleverly displayed in Wu Han's pen and ink. This passion spilled in the studio looks like a tree, but it is actually a portrayal of Tao Yuanming's mood, Wu Han's own love for life and the painter's blood boiling. Complex, ever-changing and fleeting things are cast into eternal and essential existence through the melting of Wu Han's artistic feelings and passion and the refining of wisdom, which is a magical power.
Some of Wu Han's ink paintings are unconventional and bold. For example, the leaves of Dongli Picking Chrysanthemums are represented by large pieces of red, while Lady Tu, The Book of Songs Ge Tan, Battle of Red Cliffs and A Man in Spring are mainly warm colors, with bold and delicate strokes. People who look at images. Wu Han's works are rigorous and elegant, and his love for life and easygoing are everywhere. Color and ink are mainly blocks and big styles, which are both powerful and casual. Wu Han's boldness and gentleness are fully displayed in this painting. Snuff.
Mr Wu Han started with comic books and illustrations. He used to be the editor-in-chief of Haha Pictorial, and engaged in art creation in publishing house for a long time. His works have been serialized by many children's magazines such as Juvenile Science. With diligence and understanding, Wu Han became a famous cartoonist. He is a master of children's themes and shaping children's images, and his characterization is very delicate. If you increase a sum, you will get more, but if you decrease a sum, you will get less. The comic books he created woven many people's childhood happiness, connected with enduring new emotions, and contained many traditional artistic expressions. His Little Guerrilla Liu Xiaomeng carefully portrayed the ideological character of the young hero Liu Xiaomeng, which was neither lofty nor conceptual, and was a successful example. Snuff won the second prize in the second national cartoon competition. This series of paintings are full of fairy-tale dreams, colorful and childlike. Wu Han borrowed some techniques from cartoons and exaggerated them slightly, which made the children's expressions richer and their movements more lively. With skillful and simple pen and ink, he sketched out children's different moods, showed their joys and sorrows, revealed their inner world, and appreciated the infinite charm and beauty of traditional China paintings in the elegant and bright colors of Wu Han. Baishui beach
Actors criss-cross the stage, singing and playing, moving like a gust of wind, still like water, with one stroke and one style, forming a variety of pictures. The beauty of the modeling of the stage characters is fleeting. Wu Han captured the instant gestures of the characters with the simplest brushstrokes, and turned the beauty of inch by inch into the beauty of eternal solidification. However, Wu Han's figure painting of Peking Opera is by no means a copy of the prototype of the stage, but a re-creation by the painter after deeply thinking about the connotation of the characters.
Influenced by his family environment, Mr. Wu Han likes Peking Opera since he was a child. When I was a child, I followed my family. After I became famous, I remained enthusiastic and hid my dreams in my heart. My occupation is painting, but I often get together with the fans. I also specially booked Yang's famous play Wu Jiapo at the Experimental Theater of Shanghai Theatre Academy. Wu Han combines Peking Opera with his paintings, which are based on traditional China drama figures. For example, Guan Yu in One Knife Meeting, Xiang Yu in Farewell My Concubine, Cao Cao in Horse Treading Miao Qing, Bao Zheng in Case-solving and so on. These works all show the characters in his mind and are full of dynamic characteristics of the stage. Wu Han's heroic spirit, distinctive opera character and vivid expression are all interesting points of combining freehand brushwork with realism. The figures in the painting also pay attention to moves and facial makeup, which makes people unforgettable. The pen and ink are bright, never procrastinating, and even less artificial. The layout is generous, never complicated and grandstanding. The artistic conception is elegant and refined, full of ancient meaning. Both form and spirit, a new realm of ancient music, a picture of drama and soul. In addition, Mr. Han is well versed in the theory of "painting and calligraphy are the same pen" (Notes on Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties), and thinks: "Brush and ink lines are the life and soul of Chinese painting." Look at the lines of Korean painting pens, which are full of strength and elastic tension, rich in air and rich in pen and ink, showing profound pen and ink skills and line charm.
■ "Iron Bow Side"
Wu Han's father, Han Xiaomei, is both a figure painter and a fan of traditional Chinese opera. When he spends his free time, he beats time and sings. Wu Han studied Peking Opera with his father since childhood. Because there is no chance to go to the theater, I often "hatch" in my neighbor's house to listen to the radio and phonograph and imitate singing, so I am called "international student". Sometimes, at holiday parties, Wu Han is occasionally invited to make a guest appearance in one or two "doll tunes", but he also wins applause, and his heart is full of joy. I hope there will be a play every day. Later, although I was engaged in painting, the hobby of "singing opera" has been lingering in my mind. In addition to painting, he often attends the party of amateur, comes to one or two Yang () schools, has been addicted to drama, and dreams of becoming a famous ticket of Shanghai Yang School.
He also specially booked Yang's famous drama "Wu Jiapo" in the Experimental Theater of Shanghai Theatre Academy, playing a role. Wu Han, who is over 70 years old, has a loud voice and clear pronunciation and mellow voice. When he spoke loudly, he drew applause from the audience. When he walked off the stage, he heard Micco, a young actor who was performing with him, shout clearly, "Teacher Han's reaction is so quick! There was a line just now, and the teacher who prompted the words said it wrong. I was worried at the time. Fortunately, Mr. Han stood up like this. Fortunately, he didn't mispronounce, so I came over! " It's not enough to play with tickets. Wu Han had to resort to pen and ink out of his love for Peking Opera. It is not easy for Beijing opera painting to really draw its own style and characteristics, and it is more difficult to draw than ordinary figure painting to some extent. Therefore, many successful figure painters can easily draw ordinary figure paintings, but once they set foot in Beijing opera paintings, they have many flaws and lost their aura. Painting Beijing opera requires artists to be very familiar with the characters in Beijing opera, and artists should also have superb modeling ability and profound pen and ink skills. Wu Han has both. He painted Peking Opera naturally and skillfully, and formed his own style. He found his unique position in the Peking Opera paintings of Guan Liang, Cheng Shifa, Han Min and Yan Meihua. Wu Han paints Peking Opera, and is good at accurately grasping the external action characteristics of the characters in the play, and subtly reflecting the psychological changes of the characters through these action characteristics. Looking through his collection of Peking Opera works in Wu Han, from Sanchakou, Empty City Plan to Farewell My Concubine and Fisherman's Killing ... 17, it seems that opera characters enter the album from the stage, which is vivid and unforgettable. On one occasion, Wu Han was invited to draw a series of Peking Opera figures for Xinmin Evening News. Cheng Shifa, a master of Chinese painting, said to him with appreciation: "I am quite happy to read your' play' in the newspaper every day recently."
(Teacher Han's recent photo)