Snowy nostalgia
The 70th anniversary of the death of Mr. Xu Beihong, a famous grandmaster.
Author: Mountain Man-Zu.
An excellent painter is like a wise man who uses the language of the mirror to tell life. The answer is hidden in the work, which is intriguing. Let's enjoy the snow scene paintings under Beihong's brush. The collector named this oil painting "Yixing Former Residence".
In the long river of artistic development, the artists who can go down in history are all artists with the background, spirit and characteristics of the times, and only in this way will they be recorded by the history of art. The works left behind are the more unique and representative works in the long history, oil painting as a type of art is the common language and spiritual wealth of mankind, is a part of the cultural heritage, inherits human history and culture, it is diverse, covering color, line, light and shade, texture and other levels, each element has its own unique language performance to the extreme, excellent works carry a deep humanistic background, they in different ways show that human beings in the spiritual world and the pursuit of beauty may reach the highest level, the view is intoxicating, the thinking is moving, each painting is the older generation of artists left us the cultural heritage, on which there are countless history, culture, Social information, which cannot be replaced by any other work, is unique and precious, and is also a kind of taste, allowing people to immerse themselves in the time of artistic enlightenment. In traditional Chinese painting, snow landscape painting has been favored by literati and scholars throughout the ages, and the majestic and solemn landscape painting with the plain white snow shows more weight and has become a unique branch of landscape painting and has been passed down. The most important thing for great painters to respect the snow theme is that because of the high difficulty of production, the pigment shows the thickness and texture of the snow, the color matching, etc., and those who can freely control the snow theme are all masters with profound artistic skills.
Since the 20th century, when oil painting was truly introduced to China and established itself as an independent type of painting, the older generation of artists integrated the exquisite Western realist painting concepts, realistic techniques and methods into Chinese painting, opening a new and broad world for the innovation and development of traditional art. He is internationally known as the father of modern Chinese painting - Xu Beihong!He is also one of the epitomes of literati painting. After several generations of efforts and the baptism of the times, Chinese oil painting art occupies an important position in the world painting circle, and it has had a profound impact on the world painting circle through its unique artistic expression techniques and exquisite skills. Among them, Xu Beihong's works have a pivotal position in today's Chinese landscape oil painting circles. The harmony between the humanistic and artistic depictions and the objective tones and subjective treatment of nature in the picture is completely different from that of Western painting.
Portrait of Xu Dazhang
1928 Xu Beihong memory oil painting.
Xu Dazhang's landscape paintings.
One: Excerpt from the Phoenix Series published by Hunan Xinhua Bookstore in August 1986 - Jiang Biwei's memoir "Me and Beihong" In April 1927, Xu Beihong, who had studied abroad for eight years, returned to China, and his son Xu Boyang was born on December 26 of the same year, and in March of the following year, Xu Beihong's family of three took his newlywed brother Shou'an, his sister-in-law Youchun and the nanny to charter a boat back to Qitingqiao Town, and the boat drove to the door of Xu's house, which was also Jiang Biwei's first visit to his mother-in-law (Lu's) ...... in eleven yearsWhen parting, he looked back at the shabby and shabby courtyard of the Xu family and the short and fat figure of Mu Ran standing by the river.
2: Excerpt from Xu Beihong's life;My Memories - Liao Jingwen, China Youth Publishing House, Beijing, August 1982, 1st Edition, Chapter 3;In the days of wandering, Beihong has seen many high-rise buildings, pavilions and pavilions, but in Beihong's eyes, they are far less cute than the hut next to the pavilion. Chapter 5, Beihong spent the first fatherless sad Chinese New Year's Eve in his hometown, after the Spring Festival, although the rain and snow fell, it was still green in the fields south of the Yangtze River, snowflakes swirled in the cold wind, and then quietly fell on the roof and trees, Beihong opened the painting tool and painted a sketch watercolor - snow scene. It was going to be taken back to Qitingqiao Town by Mr. Tuo Tang and presented to Mr. Shi, a friend of Mr. Farder, who had generously helped him. Chapter XVI;He returned, and the river that was always running, the house with affection, the trees in front of ...... house, were still the same.
Three: Excerpt from;Xu Beihong's descendants told the mystery of the loss of 40 oil paintings of the master - in the early nineties of the last century, Xu Beihong Memorial Hall held the "Xu Beihong Painting Exhibition" in Singapore for the first time, Xu Qingping and Liao Jingwen both went to Singapore, they had a common wish, that is, to inquire about the whereabouts of Xu Beihong's oil paintings, when Ren Hui made a special banquet for their mother and son, at that time there were many people who took Xu Beihong's works to ask Liao Jingwen and Xu Qingping to do identification, most of them were genuine, and there was no signature and .......Whether attributed or not, the collectible value of an oil painting depends mainly on its artistic quality and uniqueness. If an unsigned oil painting has excellent craftsmanship, unique creativity and a high degree of artistry, then it still has a high collector's value. The quality and artistry of a work of art is a key factor in determining its value, and whether or not to sign is only one of themFor some artists, they may not have signed the work due to personal factors. This does not mean that these works lack value, on the contrary, they may have more mystery and uniqueness. Unsigned paintings can also lead to speculation and exploration of the artist's identity, thus adding to the mystery and appeal of the work.
Xu Beihong, Himalayan Forest".
Oil on panel, no size, 71x475cm, in 2005, Shanghai Chongyuan auctioned, sold for 3.41 million yuan.
*Period: Qitingqiao Town is old**, each one is a witness of history!Qiting Bridge is also called Turning Pond Bridge.
Understanding the works of early masters is not something that can be fully understood in a short period of time or by reading a few books and looking up information, but it is a heavy intellectual property right to acquire knowledge, talent, and more importantly, "willingness to take the time" to specialize. There is a specialization in the art industry, in the face of a work of art, everyone will have their own unique understanding, some details of the capture like clues, the appreciation of a painting is from the painting techniques and the details of the picture to provide text information, the background of the times has a direct importance, the source of the artist's creation is his own cognition, but also his own experience, understand the artist's bits and pieces, and finally understand an artist in the true sense, on the other hand, through the work to understand the painter's own inner world. Through several years of unremitting research, in-depth understanding of historical records and a large number of relevant literature and history, literature, and early published materials, memoirs, precious old ** and articles by cultural scholars and professors, the author corroborates each other's life experience with Xu Beihong, social background, era background, Painting art wood language and unique artistic style, in the picture it tends to the artist's personal visual sense, bright colors and rich brushstrokes to capture the rural scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, his exquisite skills and the effect of light and shadow make the painting full of life and subtle emotions, can arouse the viewer's stop and resonance is an elegant artistic enjoyment. A large amount of information has been fully supported by strong support, with a clear context, mutual corroboration and evidence
Xu Beihong made only 100 oil paintings in his lifetime, 40 of which were lost in Singapore during the Anti-Japanese War, and only about 20 of his landscape oil paintings.
Now this snow scene oil painting is presented, elegant appreciation, a look at the essence of the fusion of China and the West, if the painting can not tell its own story, then it would rather have a story than no pictures, the painting says everything. Nothing else, the rest is left to you to interpret for yourself.
It is a responsibility for art, authors, and history to walk into the moving world of art masters, restore history, peel back the cocoons to find the truth, and make accurate judgments. Xu Beihong uses memory to depict a shelter from the wind and rain in his youth, a harbor for rest, the company of relatives, and the care of a warm home. Narrating the mottled memories of the past life in his own heart, integrating the author's thoughts, thoughts, and painting his own emotions, his own thoughts, and an artistic conception in his heart, the artist's attainments are reflected in the brushstrokes of oil painting, which is a long-term accumulation and practice process, and every painter cannot achieve it in one fell swoop.
This landscape oil painting uses the tradition of Chinese landscape painting, with the composition of "near, middle, far", and "three sections", the front is solid and heavy, showing the state of plants and trees, the distant view is faint, and the end can also be curved, the picture is divided by the composition of both sides of the river, the river is tortuous and meandering, and the two ancient trees beside the river are bent and oblique, and the bending coil occupies one-third of the picture, supporting the theme of the work, and using solid painting skills to make the work withstand repeated appreciation, so that the natural and random scenery has tenacious vitality, interpreting the true meaning of life! The two ancient trees have the shadows of the Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and everyone, and there are also subtle and delicate brushstrokes. The two thatched huts in the foreground and middle scenes are treated by perspective between the dividing lines, looming in the shade of the trees, and the half-open door represents the tension between the feeling of hiding and the unknown home. The winding path of the flowing water in front of the door, as if hearing the sound of gurgling water, blends the realm of the scene and the looming forests on both sides of the river, and the thick color block texture structure presents a beautiful winter snow, without overemphasizing the detailed structure, but drawing the effect of uneven snow thickness, depicting the texture of snow with delicate and decisive brushstrokes. Although it is a winter scene, the forest is full of greenery, and the scene of the coming spring is integrated into the painting, and the atmosphere is very strong, and it also shows the vitality of early spring. Standing at the height of artistic cognition, Xu Beihong uses his own forms and methods of expression, emotion and depth, and its charm and meaning to benefit the artist's skills, and interprets "Yixing Former Residence" with "God" and "Yi" as the highest artistic realm!Emotions can make people recall the inherent imprints of the past and nostalgia. Only the painter has personal experience can create a simple and elegant picture artistic conception of natural scenes, and another vista to show the winter sunset, that wisp of color changes in the moment of nature, and the brushwork is used alternately with each other, so as to present a sense of time that is difficult to capture in the natural scenery, and the painting is perfect in terms of composition, brushwork, color, artistic conception or production status.
His oil paintings are rich in color, gorgeous and colorful, the tone is vigorous and simple, deep and powerful, sonorous and sound, and there is a rhyme in the deep, and the vigor is beautiful, and he sees the classics of classicism in his use of color, and also sees the light and shadow in the impressionist art, which is gorgeous and light, and graceful.
There are hills and valleys in his chest, Xu Beihong has seen all the famous mountains and rivers, and he is often moved by the scenery at the door of his hometown, and the pulse of the painter beats behind the oil painting. The work uses seemingly lifeless rivers, simple huts, and trees to set off "the true meaning of my life", and nature is supreme in Xu Beihong's art. This oil painting of the landscape of the former residence is the only important masterpiece in his life. When displayed in front of people's eyes, a technique, a material, a feeling, a kind of interest, that gorgeous and colorful picture brings shock, pleasure and quiet mood to the viewer. It also gives Xu Beihong a strong atmosphere of life and a strong sense of local affection in his childhood, and expresses his life experience when he was young, and the mottled light and shadow have memories of the past through the true depiction of his thoughts and emotions in the picture. It is reproduced in Xu Beihong's superb Chinese and Western painting skills, showing the colors and light and shadow vividly and intoxicatingly, and it seems that time can be frozen and expressed the unique and highest state of painting art. It reveals the homeland of his hometown, his deep attachment to life, full of affection, and uses his life to understand the hometown that raised him, and the dialogue between the soul and the homeland!
This creative process and results undoubtedly make the work of great artistic value!Quoting Cai Xiaoshi's "Words of Worshipping Stone Mountain House", "The husband is good at supporting the song, the tune is deep and deep, and the first reading is ten thousand calyx spring deep, Baise demon dew, snow on the ground, and Yuxia Qitian." One realm also!