Li Shutong (1880 ~ 1942) is a modern painter, calligrapher, musician and dramatist in China. Wen Tao, alias Guanghou, is extremely bookish. After becoming a monk, he became a monk and was called Master Hongyi. /kloc-0 was born in Tianjin on October 23rd, 1880, 1942, 10, 13, and died in Quanzhou, Fujian. Originally from Pinghu, Zhejiang, and originally from Tianjin. Father Li (Zijian), Daoguang (1884) Jinshi, official department minister. He used to be a salt merchant, and later he was engaged in banking. My mother, surnamed Wang, is Li's wing room and can write poems. Li Shutong lost his father at the age of five and grew up with his mother. 190 1 entered Nanyang public school and was educated by Cai Yuanpei. 1905 went to study in Japan, studied oil painting at Tokyo Art School, and studied music at the same time. Together with Zeng Xiaogu, Xie and other students studying in Japan, he founded the Spring Willow Drama Club and performed such plays as La Traviata, The Story of Mu Niu Lake and The Dream of a New Butterfly. He is one of the founders of the drama movement in China.
19 10 Li Shutong returned to China as the chief teacher of the graphic department of Tianjin Beiyang Institute of Technology. The following year, she was hired as a music teacher in Shanghai Chengdong Girls' School. 19 12 years as the literary editor of Pacific newspaper, in charge of supplements and advertisements, initiated the organization of the writers and artists association with Liu Yazi, and edited the magazine Literature and Art. In June 5438+10 of the same year, the publication of Pacific Daily was closed, and music and art teachers from Zhejiang two-level normal schools applied for jobs. 19 15 used to be the art director of Nanjing Normal University. In teaching, he advocated sketching, began to use mannequins, organized foreign painting research societies, Xerox societies and Ningshe societies among students, and advocated aesthetic education. 19 18 August 19 Hangzhou hupao temple became a monk, traveled to Wenzhou, Xincheng Beishan, Putuo, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and other places to teach Buddhism, and engaged in the writing of Buddhist Nanshan law. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he repeatedly put forward the slogan of "Remembering Buddha does not forget to save the country, and saving the country must remember Buddha", saying that "we ate millet from China and drank water from Wenling. As a Buddhist, we can't help in difficult situations, which shows our deep patriotic feelings.
Li Shutong is versatile. He is omnipotent in poetry, lyrics, drama, painting, calligraphy and seal cutting. Good at sketching, oil painting, watercolor painting, Chinese painting, advertising, woodcut, etc. He is one of the pioneers of China's oil painting, advertising painting and woodcut. His painting creation is mainly before becoming a monk; Later, he wrote more calligraphy. Because of the war, most novels, poems and literary works were lost. We can get a glimpse from the preserved self-portraits, sketches, naked women, watercolors and Buddhist paintings. "Self-portrait" was probably painted before going abroad, with meticulous painting style and detailed expression description, similar to the court portrait in the late Qing Dynasty, with high realistic ability. "Sketch Head" is a charcoal painting with simple and pungent techniques. Under the influence of its teacher, Ito Kuroda, Naked Woman is accurate in modeling, bright and rich in colors, some of which are close to Impressionism, seemingly casual at close range and crystal clear at a distance.
Calligraphy is Li Shutong's lifelong hobby. When he was young, he devoted himself to the memorial hall. His calligraphy, novels, poems and literary works include Entertainment, Courage and Struggle. Before becoming a monk, books were beautiful, healthy and chic; After becoming a monk, he gradually became detached and indifferent, and his works in his later years were more cautious, clear, simple and peaceful. Li Shutong seal cutting, catch up with the Qin and Han Dynasties, learn Anhui School, Zhejiang School, Xiling Eight School, Wu Xizhai, etc. , with an ancient and heavy taste, diluted and simple, found his own way. There are "Away from Pu Yin" and "Wandering in the Night".
Li Shutong's Farewell is also widely sung.