Xu Beihong: (1895- 1953), a master of modern painting, was born in Yixing, Jiangsu. He entered school at the age of four and studied painting with his father. When he was young, he crossed to Japan and went to France the next year to become a teacher. He studied 192 1 year at Xu Liang Institute and Paris National Academy of Fine Arts, and returned to China in 1927 to become an art professor at CUHK. 1933 Paris Art Exhibition, the French government bought 12 paintings and set up a special room for display. He went to Europe and held art exhibitions in Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union. After the Anti-Japanese War, exhibitions of paintings were held in China, Guangzhou, Changsha, Hongkong, India and Sin Chew. Professor Peking University and Guilin Academy of Fine Arts. Later, he served as the president of Beiping Art College. After liberation, he served as president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and chairman of the All-China Artists Association. In painting creation, he opposes formalism, insists on realistic style, and advocates that "those who are good at the ancient law should keep it, those who are bad at it should continue it, those who are not good at it should change it, those who are not good at it should increase it, and western painting can be combined." Inherit the excellent tradition of Chinese painting, absorb the advantages of western painting and create your own unique style. He is good at Chinese painting and oil painting, especially at sketching. He has profound attainments and is good at vivid expression. The most important ones are the famous oil paintings Follow Me, Tian Heng 500 Scholars and Chinese paintings, Nine Square Heights, Gong Yu Mountain, and United Tokyo. Painting horses is world-famous, with vigorous brushwork, great boldness of vision and avoidance of color, all of which are new. . 1952 during his illness, he created all his life, treasured it all his life and donated it to the country. I have been actively engaged in art education all my life and devoted myself to the development of China's art career, and failed to cultivate many outstanding talents. . 1953 died in Beijing. At the age of 59, he rebuilt the memorial hall of Xu Beihong in his apartment. His masterpiece "Running Horse" is the most popular. Intercropping flowers, birds and cats is also unique and interesting. He is the author of Prudence, Chu Lun, Hong Bei's Painting, Hong Bei's Painting and Hong Bei's Ink Painting. (edited by Taishan Zhang Weiming)
Qi Baishi
Qi Baishi (1864—— 1957) is a painter and seal engraver in China. Huang, the word is imminent, and the word Baishi is from Xiangtan, Hunan. Worked as a carpenter in his early years. At the age of 27, I studied poetry, calligraphy and painting with my teacher. 57 years later, he settled in Beijing, selling paintings and printing. After the age of 60, the "old age reform" attaches importance to creation, combining traditional freehand brushwork and folk painting techniques in one furnace. The paintings of flowers, birds, insects, fish, shrimps and crabs are vigorous and powerful, with simple and simple shapes and bright and warm colors; Freehand brushwork flowers and tiny grass insects are skillfully combined, and their expressions are vivid. On painting, it is said that "beauty lies in similarity and dissimilarity, too kitsch to deceive the world." The layout of seal cutting is strange and powerful. Can write poetry. Former Chairman of China Artists Association. 1953 The Ministry of Culture awarded the title of "People's Artist".
Liu Haisu (1895-)
Liu Haisu is an outstanding artist, educator, art historian and painter. A native of Qingyun Square Village, Wujin County, Jiangsu Province. Liu Haisu, 6 years old, a private school student, likes painting and calligraphy. /kloc-went to Shanghai at the age of 0/4 to learn western painting in the background painting hosted by painter Zhou Xiang. 191211Established the first modern art school in China-Shanghai Traditional Chinese Painting Academy (predecessor of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts) as the principal, recruited high flyers such as Xu Beihong and Wang Jiyuan, and broke through the feudal forces, advocated coeducation, and increased the use of mannequins and travel sketches. 19 18 gave lectures in Peking University and held his first personal art exhibition, which was well received by Cai Yuanpei and Guo Moruo.
19 19 went to Japan to inspect painting and art education, and attended the opening ceremony of the first art exhibition of Imperial Academy of Fine Arts of Japan. Founded Tianma Club after returning to China. 1920 10, on behalf of China's new art world, went to Japan to attend the opening ceremony of Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and made friends with Japanese painters Fujishima Takeji, Jiro Manchukuo and Guanyun Hashimoto. His oil paintings are highly valued and respected by Japanese painting circles, and he is called the lion of the oriental art world.
After returning to China, he enriched the courses and equipment of the Academy of Fine Arts and became the highest fine arts institution in China at that time. He also wrote Biography of Miller and Biography of Cezanne, introducing western art, which was quite influential.
1927 was persecuted by the warlord Sun and fled to Japan. Asahi shimbun held an art exhibition for him in Tokyo. /kloc-0 returned to Shanghai in the spring of 1938, and at the invitation of Shanghai Zhonghua Book Company, he wrote a series of six volumes of 800,000 words, which were divided into three parts: Western Painting Garden, Chinese Painting Garden, Chinese Painting of Haisu and Oil Painting of Haisu. The theory of painting is incisive and widely circulated.
Pan Tianshou (1897— 197 1) was born in Ninghai, Zhejiang. Formerly known as Tianshou, the word Dayi,No. Changshou, alias Ashou, Lazy Taoist, Leipotou Fengshou, etc. He studied in Hangzhou and Shanghai in his early years and graduated from Zhejiang First Normal University. At the age of 27, he was a professor at Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. Later, he served as a professor and dean of several art colleges, and was the dean of the National Art College. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as vice chairman of Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, vice chairman and chairman of Zhejiang Artists Association, vice chairman of China Artists Association, deputy to the National People's Congress, vice president of East China Branch of Central Academy of Fine Arts, and president of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts. 1958 was hired as an honorary academician of the Soviet Art Institute. Good at Chinese painting, calligraphy and seal cutting. He is the author of History of Painting in China, History of Calligraphy in China, Listening to Tiange Poems, Talking about Governing India, Collection of Pan Tianshou's Art Works, Collection of Pan Tianshou's Painting and Calligraphy Works, etc.
Pan Tianshou is an outstanding master of Chinese painting and an important founder of modern Chinese painting teaching. Established a complete teaching system,
Zhang Daqian is a master of Chinese painting with world influence. His outstanding achievements in creation are inseparable from his profound academic accomplishment, profound life accumulation and extensive friendship between teachers and friends. Besides painting, he dabbled in poetry, ancient prose, drama, music, calligraphy and seal cutting. I have made friends with famous masters Picasso at home and abroad, such as Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Huang, Yu Feichang, etc., and my skills are extraordinary.
Zhang Daqian is a famous man, also known as Ji and Ji Ling. His name is Daqian, and his nickname is Daqian Boulder, or "Zhang Daqian". Born in 190 1 year and died in 1984, Neijiang, Sichuan. When Zhang Daqian was young, he was influenced by his mother who was good at painting and his second brother Zhang Shanzi, who was famous for painting tigers. He also studied poetry, calligraphy and painting from famous teachers Zeng Nongzuo and Li Meian. In addition to copying historical sites, I also traveled all over the world, taking nature as my teacher, and made outstanding artistic achievements through hard study. In my youth, I was with my second brother Zhang Shanzi. When Zhang Daqian was in his twenties, he went to Japan to study, majoring in dyeing and weaving. After returning to China, he was fascinated by Buddhism and went to Tiantong Temple in Ningbo to "convert to Buddhism" and wanted to become a monk. It is said that he was afraid of burning nine incense sticks on his head, so he had to bid farewell to Master Hong Raft and return to the real world. From 65438 to 0932, his family moved to Suzhou Tennis Lion Park and concentrated on painting. After 1940, it took two and a half years to sort out the figures and copy the Dunhuang Grottoes in China, which enriched the painting techniques. 1948 moved to hong kong and then lived in India, France, Brazil and other countries. 1978 settled in Taiwan Province province, 1984 died in Taiwan Province province. At the age of 84. Now, the Mo Ye Jingshe, where he lived in Taiwan Province before his death, has been built into the Chang Daqian Memorial Hall.