The model of the classic Du Fu portrait turned out to be the painter himself?

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-02-06

Textbook doodles. If you were asked to choose the textbook illustrations that were "transformed" the most and most impressive by the boring you when you were in school, I think you must have full memories and a variety of answers. Among them, there are several paintings, which must be the key objects of the magic reform, which are impressive, such as "very busy" Du Fu, Li Shizhen and so on.

But, you know? These paintings all have the same author, and what is more interesting is that Du Fu's classic portrait looks 80% similar to the author, as if it was painted according to himself, what is going on?

Jiang Zhaohe. Jiang Zhaohe, whose ancestral home is Macheng, Hubei, was born in Luzhou, Sichuan, formerly known as Wan Sui, he is known as the grandmaster of modern Chinese ink figure painting in the 20th century, a giant of Chinese modern painting, and one of the artists with great revolutionary ideas since the "May Fourth" Movement. He was introduced by Xu Beihong in 1928 as a faculty member of the Pattern Department of Nanjing ** University, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he became a professor at the ** Academy of Fine Arts in 1950.

Diagram of displaced people. Jiang Zhaohe's artistic achievements are very high, needless to say, today, we are talking about his three portraits.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were many cultural and academic exchanges between China and the big brother Soviet Union. At one time, Moscow State University came up with the idea of holding an exhibition in the Soviet Union about ancient Chinese culture, which required portraits of famous artists of ancient Chinese medicine and astronomical science. It is a pity that in ancient times, the elegance of painting was the pastime and amusement of the royal family, the rich and noble, but most of the talented people who studied science were not orthodox, and it was difficult for paintings to be circulated in the world. The only thing about the portrait is only a few sentences.

In the end, it was up to *** to make the decision and hand over this task to Jiang Zhaohe. When Jiang Zhaohe received the task, he was also worried.

First of all, he painted Li Shizhen, but unfortunately there are very few records of Li Shizhen's appearance in historical materials, only in the title page of the "Compendium of Materia Medica", there is a sentence "To peek at his person, he looks like he is also looking good, and he is also sick." ”

Li Shizhen. However, he thought of a person, his father-in-law Xiao Longyou, who was one of the four great doctors in the capital, with a thin face and average height, which fit the description in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", isn't this right? As a result, the well-known Li Shizhen was drawn by him in the same way as his father-in-law.

Xiao Longyou and Li Shizhen.

The next thing he painted was Zu Chongzhi, who everyone knows is a figure with outstanding achievements in astronomy, nature, mathematics, mechanics, etc. His accurate algorithm of pi predates Europe by a thousand years. Jiang Zhaohe thought about it, and finally set his eyes on Zhu Kezhen, because Zhu Kezhen's research on meteorology and geography is similar to Zu Chongzhi's research direction, and his temperament is also similar. As a result, Jiang Zhaohe recreated with Zhu Kezhen's **, and successfully painted the classic "Zu Chongzhi", and the task assigned by the state was successfully completed.

Zhu Kezhen and Zu Chongzhi.

The above two paintings, although famous, but there is a more famous one, is Du Fuxiang, through this portrait, everyone not only knows Du Fu, but also knows Jiang Zhaohe. That's right, the template for Du Fu's portrait this time is Jiang Zhaohe himself.

Du fu. Jiang Zhaohe has always had a feeling of confidant sympathy for Du Fu, the main reason is that they were both born in a similar era, Du Fu was born in the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, the Anshi Rebellion and the war-torn era, he tried repeatedly for many years, and was poor. As for Jiang Zhaohe, who was born in the late Qing Dynasty, traveled to Shanghai, Beijing and other places, and barely survived by relying on his talent for painting. They were all war-torn when they were young, and they were all displaced and alone. They all have no other ability to make a living, down-and-out poets and fugitive painters, which makes people sigh.

Jiang Zhaohe and Du Fu.

So, Jiang Zhaohe looked in the mirror and began to create according to his own appearance, for a confidant with such emotion and sustenance, Jiang Zhaohe was also handy in creating, and finally completed the "Du Fu" that everyone is familiar with and was played bad by the children.

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