Tiger Picture
Tiger is the king of beasts, powerful and majestic, with the aura of a king. Since ancient times, people have been accustomed to using words such as "a living dragon and a tiger", "a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger", "a tiger with added wings", and "a tiger in the door" to praise people and things in life. Tigers have always been favored by many painters. As the saying goes, "It is difficult to paint the bones of a tiger when painting its skin." The tiger's body structure and mental attitude from the inside out are beyond the skill of ordinary painters. Therefore, there are very few masters in painting tigers.
So which artists in China are famous for their tiger paintings? Let me sort out the famous tiger painters in the Chinese painting circle and see who they are.
Hua Yan: Painting Tigers and Driving Wolves
During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Hua Yan, an outstanding painter of the Qing Dynasty and one of the representatives of the Yangzhou School of Painting, climbed over the mountains and ridges and walked dozens of miles. , came to Sujiapo Village. As soon as he entered the village, he heard bursts of women crying. After inquiring, I learned that several pigs that the village widow Mrs. Lei's family had worked hard to raise were eaten by a pack of wolves last night.
The villagers told Hua Yan that a pack of wolves had recently arrived in the village, causing harm to poultry and livestock. Every household was in panic, and the whole village, young and old, could not live in peace. Suddenly, Hua Yan had the desire to draw tigers to drive away wolves and eliminate harm for the people. Hua Yan thought for a while and started painting on the wall of the pavilion next to the path leading to the country. Soon, a tiger with teeth and claws came to life.
General Huayan Tiger
That night, the wolves entered the village again, and suddenly found a tiger jumping out of the pavilion wall, opening its bloody mouth, and rushing toward them. The wolves were so frightened that they fled in all directions. From then on, the wolves never dared to attack again.
The story of Hua rock painting about tigers driving away wolves has spread throughout the city and countryside of Shanghang. More than 300 years have passed, and the story of Hua Yan's diligent study and long-term training has been sung in the countryside.
Zhang Shanju: Love tigers, paint tigers, and raise tigers
Zhang Shanju (1882～1940), a famous modern painter, is the second brother of Zhang Daqian. Mingze, whose courtesy name is Shan, is a good son and a good person, and his nickname is Hu Chi.
Zhang Shanzi is good at landscapes, flowers, animals, and is especially good at painting tigers. He also loves tigers, so he calls himself "Tiger Maniac" and is known as "Tiger Lord". The brothers originally lived in Shanghai, but when the "January 28th" Incident broke out, Shanghai was in flames of war and frightened by wind and cranes, so they moved to Suzhou to live in the "Dafeng Hall" of Chunyi in the Garden of the Nets Master in Suzhou, where they could paint with peace of mind. At that time, a friend from the same hometown got a tiger cub. Knowing that Zhang Shanzhu had a special liking for tigers, he gave it to him enthusiastically. Zhang Shan was so impressed that he gave him the nickname "Hu'er".
Liu Jiyao: Master of Tiger Painting
Liu Jiyao (1918~1983) was a native of Tianjin and an outstanding Chinese painter. Influenced by his father, the famous painter Liu Kuiling, he loved painting since childhood. Liu Jiyou is a national master in portraying all things vividly. The lions, tigers, and cheetahs in his paintings are lifelike in form and spirit, with extraordinary momentum and full of kingly style.
Mr. Liu Jiyou has loved painting tigers all his life. He has the most and most exciting paintings about tigers! He has certain achievements and status in the world of tiger painting. In the creation of animal paintings, Mr. Liu Jiyou appropriately exaggerates and refines animal images on the basis of a high degree of realism. He is good at capturing the instantaneous transition of animal movements, showing a more perfect image than in life, and giving animals an anthropomorphic feel. emotion.
Due to his exploration of the traditional techniques of Chinese painting, Mr. Liu Jiyou developed the habit of observing things at any time. Through the description of the tiger's skeletal structure, texture, fur markings and other internal and external physical and physiological characteristics, he presented it to people The tiger is not only both spiritual and physical, but also lifelike and vivid. It also gives the tiger the distinctive character of "the king of beasts".
Hu Zaobin: A neglected tiger painter
Hu Zaobin (1897-1942), whose given name is Bin, whose courtesy name is Xiansheng, and whose nickname is Jingguan Louzhu, was born in Zipu Township, Shunde, Guangdong (according to one theory) Heshan, Guangdong).
Hu Zaobin was taught painting by his uncle Hu Jinqing since he was a child. Later, he studied in Japan and entered the Kyoto Municipal Art and Crafts School, where he learned Western skills and was well versed in the Japanese Kyoto painting style. He particularly admired the painting style of Anzhutang's "Anshi School", which was good at painting tigers. He also painted tigers vigorously, and later became famous in the art world for this. He can express the tiger's various moods vividly through a combination of Chinese and Western techniques. Among the handed down works are the scroll "Two Tigers" painted in 1936, which is included in the "Modern Book Atlas".
The Roaring Tiger in Kusawa
Tang Wenxuan: Painting Tigers and People
Tang Wenxuan (1925~2009) is a modern Chinese painting artist and art educator. In addition to being extremely vivid and magical, the ink tigers in Tang Wenxuan also have their own unique spiritual and emotional sublimation and transcendence.
Tang Wenxuan said: "There are many people who draw tigers, and most of them are meticulous tigers with grinning teeth, unusually powerful, or gorgeous fur, giving them an air of wealth and nobility, so there is a saying that 'the common people love tigers'." I paint tigers with ink and wash, aiming to remove the vulgarity and retain the elegance. I use freehand brushwork in ink and wash, and I do not intend to depict the ferocity and majesty of the tiger, but focus on expressing the nature of life in the natural ecology. Most of them are personified inner majesty and goodwill and love between similar people and between parents and children, which serve as their own spiritual sustenance to express their emotions and forget both things and themselves."
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Why do you have such a feeling? This stems from Tang Wenxuan’s unfortunate experiences during the Cultural Revolution.
He believes: "There should not be such relationships between people in the world, without goodwill and love. In that absurd era based on class struggle, some people were indeed possessed by evil and lost their basic humanity... But There are always many kind-hearted people. I believe that nature is basically good. Even tigers have feelings in their nature, as evidenced by Lu Xun's poems. Therefore, the little animals I see are childish, cute, naughty, humane, and thoughtful. Human touch, therefore full of vitality."
Tiger
Since 1985, Tang Wenxuan has been obsessed with the research and exploration of ink paintings of tigers. From complex to simple, from fine brushwork to small freehand brushwork, then to large freehand brushwork, until the last few strokes, the tiger's body, structure, dynamics, expression, artistic conception, and interest are calmly and boldly drawn in an instant.
Taking a comprehensive look at the tigers in Tang's works, some look at the world and howl into the sky; some sit on the dragon's plate, thundering; some look back at the Central Plains, calm and graceful; some are solemn and silent, guarding and hiding; some talk to each other. The song of the heart is tender and tender... This is not a painting of a tiger, it is clearly writing about people and themselves. Here, the symphony of tigers is already booming. Next, the excitement deepens.
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