A painter who died young in China.
In China, there is also a painter with a net worth of over 100 million. His name is Chen Yifei. In fact, in the 1980s, Chen Yifei was not rich, and it was not until he went abroad to develop that he gradually became a rich painter. Chen Yifei devoted his life to promoting the development of China art and made great contributions. Unfortunately, at the age of 59, he broke down from overwork and died young.
In China, there is also a painter with a net worth of over 100 million. His name is Chen Yifei. In fact, in the 1980s, Chen Yifei was not rich, and it was not until he went abroad to develop that he gradually became a rich painter. Chen Yifei devoted his life to promoting the development of China art and made great contributions. Unfortunately, at the age of 59, he broke down from overwork and died young.
At first, Chen Yifei suffered a lot in order to survive in a foreign country. Fortunately, in less than three years, he made a blockbuster in the foreign art market with his super talent and quickly gained a foothold. Later, Chen Yifei, who gained fame and fortune, decided to return to China for development.
Later, in order to realize his artistic ideal, Chen Yifei broke down from overwork and eventually died young. In any case, Chen Yifei is a great artist, because he has contributed to the artistic development of China all his life.
How to evaluate the artistic achievements of Chen Yifei, a famous contemporary painter?
It cannot be said that Mr. Chen Yifei is a talented, thoughtful, individual and even legendary painter and cultural celebrity. His oil paintings, his films, his costume design, his cultural industry, his story with Zhouzhuang and so on. , have left a deep impression on people. Although he has been dead for more than ten years, his works and artistic ideas are still shining, and people are still interested in finding the elements of beauty in his works and understanding the true meaning of art.
Mr Chen Yifei is a famous painter, director and cultural industrialist in modern China. His achievements are various, and his oil paintings are the most outstanding and influential.
Walking into the gallery in Chen Yifei is like walking into the palace of poetry and songs, into the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River and the alleys in Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s. His paintings have poetic rhythm and musical jumping. His paintings have a strong homesickness and cheongsam flavor. His paintings give readers not only the feeling of beauty, but also the kind of quiet, quiet, warm and romantic homesickness, which permeates the heart and flashes in the mind.
1946 was born in Chen Yifei, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. He showed great talent in painting when he was a teenager. 1965 Shortly after graduating from the oil painting class of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts (now Shanghai Art College of Shanghai University), he made his mark in the painting world with oil paintings such as Occupy the Presidential Palace and Ode to the Yellow River, becoming the youngest well-known painter at that time and the first generation of oil painters in New China.
From 65438 to 0980, Chen Yifei went to the United States to study, which opened a new peak of his oil painting creation. During his stay in the United States, he devoted himself to learning the techniques of western oil painting and made an in-depth study on how to localize and nationalize oil painting. During this period, he created a large number of oil paintings, which combined western classicism with American culture and China national characteristics, and had a strong China flavor and China flavor, which caused positive repercussions in North China and Europe, making him a China painter whose works entered the international market earlier. The New York Times commented that Mr. Chen Yifei's oil paintings combine realism and romanticism, which reminds people of the masterpieces of European masters.
To sum up, the main achievement of Mr. Chen Yifei's oil painting is that his works contain China aesthetics and western painting skills, which transcends the boundaries of regions and humanities and closely integrates the essence of Chinese and western cultures, making oil painting a big step towards localization. From this perspective, the significance of Chen Yifei's oil paintings has gone beyond his works.
Brief introduction of Chen Yifei
Chen Yifei (1946.4.14-2005.4.10) was born in Ningbo. Famous oil painter, cultural industrialist and director. 1965 graduated from Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts (now Shanghai University Academy of Fine Arts) and entered the oil painting sculpture studio of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts as the head of the oil painting group. After 65438-0980 went to the United States, he devoted himself to the research and creation of China-themed oil paintings. With the concept of "Great Art", Chen Yifei has made creative achievements in many aspects, such as movies, costumes and environmental design, and has become a cultural celebrity. He is a famous China artist at home and abroad. /kloc-During the period of 0/60-70s, he created famous and excellent oil paintings such as Ode to the Yellow River, Occupation of the Presidential Palace, Pacing and Zhouzhuang. "I paint, make movies and design clothes. Now I have a media. Someone asked me what to call me, and I said I was a visual artist. " -When Chen Yifei attended the press conference, he defined himself like this. Chen Yifei called all the fields he set foot in "visual industry": "I pay great attention to all the beautiful things in life. I use the money from selling paintings to run my own visual industry. Being involved in these industries at the same time will make my painting style break through. " Chen Yifei disapproves of painters burying their heads in painting all their lives. Times have changed, and more and more artists have come out of salons and ivory towers. At 8: 44 a.m. on April 10, 2005, Chen Yifei, a famous director and painter, died of stomach bleeding in Shanghai Huashan Hospital.
Chen Yifei: He broke into the United States at the age of $38, and married his 24-year-old wife at the age of 54. What happened?
Chen Yifei, a famous contemporary oil painter
"I paint, make movies and design clothes. Someone asked me what I do. I said call me a visual artist. " This is what Chen Yifei said at a press conference. In 2005, Chen Yifei died of stomach bleeding in Shanghai Huashan Hospital at the age of 60.
As one of the most famous contemporary painters in China, Chen Yifei's works have become treasures for collectors. However, his own life has experienced ups and downs. He once went to the United States alone with only $38 on him. He married a 24-year-old wife at the age of destiny, but died of overwork only six years later.
Not content with the status quo, I went to the United States for further study at my own expense.
Chen Yifei (1946) was born in an ordinary family in Ningbo, Zhejiang. He has a strong interest in painting since he was a child, and his artistic talent is extraordinary. 196 1 year, 15-year-old Chen Yifei entered the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts (now the Academy of Fine Arts of Shanghai University) and majored in oil painting.
Chen Yifei wrote the Yellow River Fu on 1972.
At school, Chen Yifei laid a solid foundation for painting and cultivated a good artistic accomplishment. In the 1960s, there was a serious shortage of fresh blood in the art world, and Chen Yifei was in its prime. 1965 entered an oil painting and sculpture studio in Shanghai after graduation.
Thanks to good professional quality and excellent painting skills, Chen Yifei soon became the leader of the oil painting group. At this time, Chen Yifei made a small achievement, and became the small leader of the studio at a young age, and was favored by the superior leaders.
During his work in this studio, Chen Yifei created many famous works in the future, such as Occupy the Presidential Palace in the history textbook of middle school, which was created by Chen Yifei during this period, as well as famous oil paintings Ode to the Yellow River and Pacing. But in that turbulent decade, these works were not widely circulated.
Chen Yifei's Occupy the Presidential Palace
1980, Chen Yifei made a surprising decision to go to the United States for further study, but many relatives and friends opposed it. They thought that although Chen Yifei worked in a studio and didn't make much money selling paintings, he was at least stable, especially in the turbulent years that just ended.
But in the end, Chen Yifei stuck to his guns, regardless of dissuasion, flew to the other side of the ocean and entered Hunter College in new york, majoring in oil painting.
Appreciated by celebrities, he became a famous China painter in the western world.
Chen Yifei, who first arrived in the United States, had only $38. Unlike those public students, as the first batch of self-funded international students who went to the United States after the reform and opening up, Chen Yifei had to stand on his own in this strange land.
Chen Yifei's The Banquet.
Fortunately, his professionalism is excellent enough and his works are different. In his first year in new york, Chen Yifei won exhibition seats in Smith Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum and New England Modern Art Center, which is quite remarkable for a painter who has just come to the United States for less than a year.
Four years later, Chen Yifei got a master's degree in art. In his junior year, Chen Yifei was appreciated by Ahmed Hammer, the founder of new york Hammer Gallery, and signed a contract with him. In this way, Hammer Gallery became his agent and held a solo exhibition for Chen Yifei in June 5438+0983+00, which was also his life.
When Hammer visited China, he recalled his hometown-Shuangqiao.
After graduation, Chen Yifei studied in the United States, created many works, and held six solo exhibitions in Hammer Gallery. Among them, The Bridge was selected as the first day cover by the United Nations, and The Memories of My Hometown-Shuangqiao was given to Hammer, who also gave it to China Deng Xiaoping during his visit to China.
The successful holding of six exhibitions in Hammer Gallery made Chen Yifei a famous China painter in the western world at that time. Later, he held many exhibitions in Japanese and French places and became one of the few influential China oil painters in the world.
"All-rounder" Chen Yifei-Not just an artist.
After making great artistic achievements in the United States, Chen Yifei returned to China for development and held many art exhibitions. His previous works, including the occupation of the presidential palace, won many awards. 199 1 year, at Christie's auction in Hong Kong, Chen Yifei's masterpiece The Legend of Xunyang was sold for HK$1370,000, setting an auction record for contemporary oil paintings in China at that time.
Chen Yifei's work The Last Rhyme of Xunyang
In addition to artistic achievements, Chen Yifei also boldly set foot in other industries. 1993, Chen Yifei decided to enter the film industry. The first film is autobiographical, and Chen Yifei named it Old Dreams at Sea-Personal Essays of Chen Yifei.
In the film, Chen Yifei combines film with oil painting, and then uses various artistic techniques to construct a historical scene full of drama and contingency. However, perhaps because of his inexperience, Chen Yifei also used many bright colors in his films, but what he told was a story that happened in the old Shanghai era, which caused great controversy.
After that, Chen Yifei successively completed the films such as Dusk of the Appointment and Escape to Shanghai. Among them, Dusk of the Appointment, which reflected the old Shanghai in the 1930s, was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival in France from 65438 to 0995, and was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, which attracted much attention.
Chen Yifei
Not only in terms of movies, Chen Yifei also set foot in the cultural industry when making movies, and founded Yifei Group to set foot in the cultural and entertainment industry with the concept of "big vision and great art". Its business scope covers advertising, clothing, models, media, etc. It has expanded rapidly and has more than 65,438+000 chain stores in China.
Chen Yifei is also a sculptor. In 2002, in a retrospective exhibition of modern sculpture, Chen Yifei's sculpture "Oriental Girl" attracted much attention, which made people realize that Chen Yifei's artistic achievements were not limited to oil painting. In addition, Chen Yifei also invested the money he earned in the Hope Project, and later established the "Mengguang Art Education Foundation" to devote himself to public welfare undertakings.
Married a 24-year-old wife at the age of 54, but was overwhelmed by work.
Although she has made great achievements in her career, Chen Yifei has repeatedly suffered setbacks in her personal love life. He had a wife in his early years, but after his success, Chen Yifei began to have an affair. At the same time, there were many "confidantes" in Chen Yifei, and the relationship between husband and wife broke down. In the end, they divorced and only had one son, Chen Lin.
Chen Yifei and his second wife Song Meiying.
After the divorce, Chen Yifei didn't feel depressed for long, because busy affairs followed, and Chen Yifei didn't have time to feel it, so he devoted himself to his work. Because of her work, Chen Yifei opened a modeling agency.
Soon after, a model named Song Meiying came into Chen Yifei's sight. Song Meiying is 30 years younger than Chen Yifei, but this huge age gap has not become a gap between them. Chen Yifei quickly expressed his intention to Song Meiying and fell in love with Song Meiying.
At this time, Chen Yifei was 54, while Song Meiying was only 24. Their feelings heated up sharply. In 2000, Chen Yifei married 24-year-old Song Meiying. After marriage, they were very loving and soon had a son. In addition, Chen Yifei created a large number of figure paintings with Song Meiying as a model after marriage, which shows the deep affection between them.
Chen Yifei's paintings based on Song Meiying.
But soon after marriage, Chen Yifei's health problems appeared, and his body was crushed by years of high-pressure work.
Since 2002, Chen Yifei has vomited blood from time to time, and his health has gone from bad to worse. On April/0/0, 2005, Chen Yifei was sent to Shanghai Huashan Hospital for emergency treatment due to massive bleeding in his stomach. However, his health was seriously damaged by years of illness, and he died after being rescued. He and Song Meiying's son had just turned five.
Shoot1.500 million yuan of "Yutang Wen Chun"
After Chen Yifei's death, the price of his works soared in the auction market. On the evening of 65438+February 19, at Guardian China Autumn Auction, one of Chen Yifei's representative works, "Jade Hall in Spring", started at 6,543,800 yuan. After several rounds of fierce bidding, he finally lost the hammer with 654.38+0.5 billion yuan, surpassing Shan Difeng in one fell swoop and becoming a new record of Chen Yifei's works.
Chen Yifei was buried in the celebrity tomb area of Song's Cemetery, and there were also some famous figures in the modern history of China, such as Soong Ching Ling and Xie Jinyuan.
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Chen Yifei's life is full of legends, from a talented teenager to a famous overseas oil painting master to a rich man with a huge industry. In him, we can see his love and pursuit of art.