Master Tang Yongli's representative work "The Birth of New China" took three years to create, won a lot of praise from inside and outside the industry, and became a classic work created with historical themes in the new era. Although Mr. Dong Xiwen's oil painting classic "The Founding Ceremony" has been in front of him, the organizing committee still handed over the theme of the birth of New China to Tang Yongli.
Tang Yongli's "The Birth of New China" won the China Phoenix Art Theme Creation Award, the first ** Academy of Fine Arts Xu Beihong Art Creation Award, and China Art News rated him as the most influential artist. The value of Tang Yongli's painter lies in the fact that he is not only recognized by the audience, but also by the state, which shows the great influence of his art.
Tang Yongli's paintings are based on 20th-century realism and then towards ancient traditions. In the ancient tradition, he mainly chose not literati paintings, but Han and Tang dynasty art. He did not simply inherit the art of the Han and Tang dynasties, but used traditional resources to develop modern figure painting, so his painting not only did not depart from the tradition, but also formed a unique personal style on the basis of the tradition.
Tang Yongli's other masterpiece "Dream of Dunhuang" is a perfect interpretation of his other style. Combining realism and romance, it draws on the tradition of mural painting and scroll painting, leaving people with great space for artistic imagination and at the same time having a rich cultural heritage. Based on Chinese culture, digest and absorb new content, while maintaining the distinctive national characteristics of Chinese painting.
*: Baijia "Grand Prize Art").
Artist Profile
Tang Yongli,Born in 1951 in Tangshan, Hebei Province. He is currently a professor, doctoral supervisor, member of the Academic Committee of the Academy of Fine Arts, former president of the Academy of Chinese Painting, director of the Chinese Artists Association, vice president of the China Gongbi Painting Society, and member of the Academic Committee of the China National Academy of Painting.