Lifelike, lifelike!On December 27th, walking into the Shaanxi Shengtang Painting and Calligraphy Art Research Institute, cheers were heard from time to time in the studio, vice chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association, visiting professor of the Chinese Calligraphy Undertaking College, distinguished professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, member of the Shaanxi Artists Association, member of the Shaanxi Calligraphers Association, and president of the Shaanxi Shengtang Calligraphy and Painting Art Research Institute Zhao Zhongmou is concentrating on painting peacocks.
Painting has become a daily part of my life, which can not only cultivate sentiment, but also convey positive energy. When it comes to the art of calligraphy and painting, this humble calligrapher and painter who is both virtuous and artistic, Zhao Zhongmou hopes to create more fine works of art that people like to see, and awaken everyone's longing and yearning for a better life.
Don't forget the original intention of the people and inherit the quintessence of the classics
51-year-old Zhao Zhongmou was born in Longnan, Gansu Province, since childhood love calligraphy and painting, pen cultivation, calligraphy and painting, profound attainments, material simplicity, spiritual abundance. In his eyes, every stroke, every hook and every stroke has a different kind of beauty.
In 1990, 18-year-old Zhao Zhongmou joined the military camp with the ideal of serving the country in the army, and after retiring from the army, he successively studied at the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University.
The world is full of knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article. He integrated his experience into the creation of calligraphy and painting, insisted on practicing calligraphy and painting for more than 10 hours a day, and for more than 30 years, he continued to work hard and inherited culture with Hanmo, forming his own artistic style, which made people immersive and like a spring breeze.
Zhao Zhongmou likes to draw inspiration and nutrients from life, and a flower, a grass, and a forest are all his creative objects. The combination of realism and freehand, absorbing the strengths of others, has formed a unique artistic style that the public likes to see and appreciate.
The composition of his paintings is sparse and dense, staggered, and the movement and stillness are appropriate, and the main and secondary are clear. The charm is smart, the meaning is far-reaching, the shades are alternate, the stroke of a painting, a scene and an object are fascinating, and each work is filled with his love for life.
The natural world has endowed the world with too much beauty, which makes people feel beautiful and relaxed. I hope to depict the great rivers and mountains of the motherland through the brush in my hand and express the infinite beauty of my heart. Zhao Zhongmou said with deep feelings.
Create literary and artistic masterpieces and tell Chinese stories well
Zhao Zhongmou is good at Chinese painting, landscape, especially love to paint peacocks, speaking of his "peacock complex", Zhao Zhongmou said frankly, peacocks are regarded as the king of birds, is auspicious, kind, beautiful, luxurious symbols, with peacocks as the theme of Chinese painting is also deeply loved by people.
Because of love, so persistent. In order to draw peacocks well, Zhao Zhongmou observed the peacock's habits, movements, postures, and expressions countless times, how to stand, how to open the screen, and even bought peacock specimens.
In the long-term observation and experience, Zhao Zhongmou can be confident in his creation, his peacock depiction techniques are exquisite and delicate, the color is free and easy, quiet and noble, the artistic conception is beautiful, there is no charm, out of the mind, pleasing to the eye.
He integrates the noble meaning of the peacock into nature, the ancient banyan tree, the magnificent peony flower, the mountain flowers and wild vines that bloom in all seasons, and the free peacock coexist in harmony. It reflects the recognition of the ecological civilization of the unity of nature and man and the harmony between nature and man in the new era, and the sense of modernity and modernity of the works has also been enhanced.
Zhao Zhongmou's peacocks are either dancing, lightly combing, or relatively playful, or walking together, or chirping with their necks, or raising broods with warmth. Rich and colorful, with all directions. It is impregnated with the aesthetic interest of "humanizing" the peacock.
Zhao Zhongmou not only painted peacocks well, plum orchids, bamboo chrysanthemums, vines and lotus, all vivid brush and ink, he with realistic modeling, freehand feelings, fresh brush and ink, bright colors, inherited the traditional Chinese context and the spirit of brush and ink, to achieve the unity of ideology, artistry, ornamentation.
Nowadays, painting and calligraphy have become an indispensable part of Zhao Zhongmou's life, as soon as he has free time, Zhao Zhongmou will devote himself to his ideal kingdom, forget to sleep and eat, and live a simple life, he said, "No matter what you do, you must have perseverance, and only continuous learning on the road of life can make yourself to a higher level." ”
Inherit the red culture and carry forward the spirit of the Long March
Over the years, Zhao Zhongmou has continued to promote talents, cultivate new talents, and cultivate countless students, dedicating his life's energy and painstaking efforts to the inheritance and innovation of traditional calligraphy art, building a platform and bridge for more calligraphy and painting lovers to realize themselves, so that the art of calligraphy and painting can be passed on from generation to generation.
Mr. Zhao is very approachable, modest and upright, his works with delicate brush and ink lines, hearty ink techniques to depict the form of lifelike, elegant and natural color, the viewers are amazed by the works, deeply loved by the general public. Mr. Zhao's apprentice, He Caining, a national first-class artist, said with deep feelings.
Without a cold bone, how to get the plum blossom fragrance. For his beloved calligraphy and painting, Zhao Zhongmou is always on the road, and he hopes to create more artistic masterpieces with height, depth, thickness, temperature and strength, so that "art is the best for the people, art is rooted in the people, art also comes from the people, and art gives back to the people".
He said: "I came from the mountains, where there are my parents and fellow villagers who raised me, there is my vision for art, there is my childhood dream of going out of the mountains, there is my vision for art, there is my yearning for a better life, 12 years ago, I founded the "Shaanxi Shengtang Painting and Calligraphy Art Research Institute" with the support of Huo Songlin, Qu Jiang, Li Zhenzhong and many other older generation artists Over the past 12 years, we have not forgotten our original intention, adhered to our original intention, and have been exploring how to build a solid and reliable bridge with the people through the art of calligraphy and painting.
Along the way, not only to continue to enrich the study of art, on the one hand, but also to run the art academy, the relationship between art, economy, management, this is to break through their biggest bottleneck, the traditional business model, almost make the art academy walk on the edge of life......From his conversation, I felt more the resilience of Mr. Zhao's calligraphy and painting works. I also have a further understanding of his sentence that "art is the best for the people, art is rooted in the people, art also comes from the people, and art gives back to the people". When I interviewed Mr. Zhao, he said that the dialect of Gansu was mixed with Xi'an dialect, which was simple, pure and undiluted childlike, which was his impression on me.
In recent years, with the theme of "Red Calligraphy and Painting Art", Shaanxi Shengtang Painting and Calligraphy Art Research Institute has built a bridge with the people through calligraphy and painting art, and has made a solid and stable paving stone for the joint construction of the Belt and Road, advocating the inheritance of red culture, and carrying forward the spirit of the Long March, so that the art of calligraphy and painting can become a touchable ceiling for the people. (Written by Zhang Yingjie).
Editor: Zhou Fengchuan.