A short story about Xu Beihong's inspirational painting-Xu Beihong's inspirational painting
One day, an international student said rudely to Xu Beihong. Teacher Xu, I know that Dayang values you very much, but don't think that you can become a painter by entering Dayang's door. You China people can't become talents even if you go to heaven for further study! ?
Xu Beihong was angered, but he knew that people's ignorance and prejudice could not be changed by argument, and he had to use facts to get to know the real China people again.
Since then, Xu Beihong has worked harder. He is like a tireless horse, running day and night, courageously.
The foreign student was shocked to see Xu Beihong's works. He found Xu Beihong and bowed and said, "I admit that China people are very talented. It seems that I am wrong. In Chinese, it is' I don't know Taishan'. "
A short story about Xu Beihong's inspirational painting: Xu Beihong painted horses.
Xu Beihong, an outstanding painter, especially loves painting horses. Many of his fine horses have become art treasures.
1in the spring of 934, Xu Beihong went to Moscow State Museum to hold an exhibition of paintings for the audience. On that day, the audience packed the exhibition hall. Xu Beihong calmly grinds ink and spreads paper. In an instant, a live horse appeared on the paper. The audience was conquered by Xu Beihong's superb skills, and thunderous applause rang out in the hall. At that time, a burly marshal walked through the crowd, walked to the front of Xu Beihong and said politely:
? Mr Xu, can I buy this painting? Otherwise, I will go crazy! ?
Xu Beihong was moved by the marshal's sincerity. He nodded and smiled, wrote an inscription and handed the painting to the marshal. The marshal was very happy, as if he had won the battle. He embraced Xu Beihong warmly and praised him loudly. Mr. Xu, you are not only a magic pen in the East, but also a magic pen in the world. The horses you wrote are more magnificent than those I rode! ?
Because Xu Beihong often paints horses, he has a preference for horses. With the horse, listening to the sound of hooves and watching the horse gallop in the wind, he felt it was a spiritual enjoyment. His heart seems to run with the horse.
The Life of the Characters in Xu Beihong's Works
Painting since childhood.
Xu Beihong was born in poverty and studied poetry and calligraphy with his father Xu since childhood (at the age of 6, he studied four books and five classics with his father and then learned painting). Xu Beihong, born in a civilian family in Qitingqiao Town, was originally named Shou Kang, and later renamed? Sad hong? . Father Xu is a teacher in a private school. Good at poetry and calligraphy, self-taught painting. He often paints at the invitation of his fellow villagers to earn a little money to supplement his family. Mother Lu is a simple working woman. At the age of 9, Xu Beihong formally studied painting with his father. Every day after lunch, he copied a painting by Wu Youru, a famous painter in the late Qing Dynasty, and learned painting skills such as color mixing and setting. 10 years old, he was able to help his father make up the minor part of the picture and write for the villagers. Time and stone platform, long life? Waiting for the Spring Festival couplets.
go abroad
13 years old, moved to rural towns with his father, selling paintings for a living and supporting his family. Although the life away from home is hard, it enriches Xu Beihong's experience and broadens his artistic vision. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, Xu Beihong went to Shanghai, the most developed city at that time, to make a living by selling paintings, and wanted to take the opportunity to learn western paintings. However, a few months later, my father was seriously ill and had to go back to his hometown.
During studying abroad
19 19 went to France to study, was admitted to the National School of Fine Arts in Paris to study oil painting and sketch, and went to western European countries to observe and learn western art. With the support of Beiyang government, 24-year-old Xu Beihong went to France to study painting. At the beginning of his arrival in Europe, he visited the British Museum, the National Gallery of France, the exhibition of the Royal Academy of Sciences and the Louvre Museum of France, and witnessed a large number of outstanding works since the Renaissance. How does Xu Beihong feel about his past Chinese paintings? If the body is not diligent and the hands are powerless, it is difficult to move the rope, such as a horse without a rein. ? Therefore, he studied painting hard, was admitted to the Paris School of Fine Arts, studied under Mr. Fleming, and began to receive formal western painting education. Fleming is good at figure painting with historical themes. His paintings pay attention to the harmonious collocation and contrast of colors, which has a great influence on the formation of Xu Beihong's oil painting style later.
Xu Beihong likes to train the basic skills of western painting every day. He studies at the Paris Academy of Fine Arts in the morning, paints models at Syrion Academy in the afternoon, and sometimes finds time to watch various exhibitions. During this period, he was lucky enough to meet Dayang, a disciple of the famous painter Crowe, and came to Yang's studio for advice with his paintings every Sunday. Ocean? Not advocating fashion, not content with trifles? Moreover, the artistic thought of paying attention to silent painting had a great influence on him, so that he did not follow the increasingly prosperous modernist painting style in France at that time, but studied the academic art since the European Renaissance in a down-to-earth manner, and mastered the skillful painting skills while inheriting the rigorous and perfect modeling characteristics of classical art. After studying abroad for four years, Xu Beihong's painting level has reached a level comparable to that of contemporary artists in Europe, and his oil painting "The Old Woman" was selected for the French National Art Exhibition (Salon).
Because the Beiyang government once interrupted tuition fees, Xu Beihong was forced to transfer to Berlin, Germany, where the consumption level was low. There, Xu Beihong still missed every opportunity to study. He consulted the painter CommScope, went to the museum to copy the paintings of the famous painter Rembrandt, and often went to the zoo to draw various animals such as lions, tigers and horses to improve his sketching ability. When Xu Beihong regained the funds for studying abroad, he immediately returned to France from Germany to continue his studies. He seized every inch of time, with the formal systematic training of famous teachers and his unremitting efforts, his painting level improved day by day, and he created a series of excellent sketches and oil paintings with portraits, human bodies and landscapes as themes, such as Portrait of Cats, Old Man Holding a Stick and Self-portrait.
At the end of his trip to Europe, Xu Beihong also visited Brussels, Belgium, Milan, Florence, Rome and Switzerland. He was intoxicated by the beautiful exotic scenery and benefited a lot from the excellent works of European painting masters. His eight-year career in Europe shaped his aesthetic taste, creative ideas and artistic style for the rest of his life.
Technology Integration Back to China
Xu Beihong returned to China at the age of 32 and began to devote himself to art education and develop his own art career in China. He took part in the activities organized by Tian Han and Ou Yangyuqian? South China Society? Actively advocate? Seek truth first, then beauty and goodness? what's up Southland spirit? . He has created large-scale paintings with historical or ancient fables as themes. From these paintings, the audience can strongly feel the painter's sincere feelings of loving the motherland and the people. 193 1 At a time when Japan's invasion of China is getting worse and worse and the nation is in danger, Xu Beihong created a Chinese painting "Nine Square Heights" that hopes the state will pay attention to and recruit talents; 1933 created the oil painting "Worry for Me Later" to express the people's longing for a virtuous gentleman. Portrait of Miss Jenny, created at 1939, is one of the most famous oil painting portraits of Xu Beihong, and was made to support the domestic war of resistance. 1940, the Chinese painting "Yugong Yishan" was completed, which praised the perseverance and tenacious will of the people of China to win the final victory against Japan. In addition, he also created realistic themes such as Ba People Pumping Water and Ba Poor Women, landscape themes such as Spring Rain in Lijiang River and Paradise Returning to the Mountain, as well as a large number of portraits and animal works. 1949 after the founding of new China, Xu Beihong worked as a government official and administrator, but he still insisted on writing and enthusiastically described the new people, new things and new features in the construction of new China. He painted portraits of war heroes, experienced life at Daoshu Water Conservancy Project site in Shandong Province, painted portraits of model workers and migrant workers, and collected bits and pieces of information reflecting the construction of new China. Unfortunately, all these artistic activities came to an abrupt end because of the painter's premature death.