Xiao, male, born in Xiangtan, Hunan, 1953, is a famous contemporary painter, a member of Hunan Artists Association, a director of China Cross-Strait Cultural and Art Exchange Association and a former member of China Artists Association. He is the "representative figure" of China's creation of landscape scrolls with Shaoshan, Chairman Mao's hometown as the theme. Geng Ying studied under the famous painter Guan Shanyue in his early years. He is good at landscape painting and figure painting. He is peaceful, kind and open-minded. He is an artist with excellent calligraphy and painting, and his artistic resume has been included in large dictionaries such as China Famous Artists International Index, Who's Who in Contemporary China and International Modern Calligraphy and Painting Runge. It has been interviewed and recommended by mainstream media such as CCTV and Hunan Satellite TV.

Chinese Name: Little Geng Ying

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Place of birth: Xiangtan, Hunan

Date of birth: 1953

Occupation: landscape and figure painter

Main achievements: the first person in Shaoshan landscape scroll painting.

Representative works: Shaoshan map, Tanzhou lighthouse, monument, Shaoguang, etc.

Basic information

Xiao Geng should have studied painting since childhood and been engaged in the creation and research of Chinese painting for decades. His paintings reflect the times and describe life. His brushwork is vivid and changeable, with distinct brush and ink levels, rigorous composition, both form and spirit, and rough, heavy and simple painting techniques. His works have been exhibited in Japan, the United States, South Korea, Britain, France, Canada, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. He has participated in many major international and domestic exhibitions and won many awards, and has been continuously collected by art galleries, museums, cultural research associations, universities, companies and individuals at home and abroad.

Representative works include Chinese paintings Shaoshan Tu, Shaoguang, Monument, Taihang Qi Hao, Nostalgia, Ode to the Ancestor and the comic book Tanzhou Bonfire. Among them, the long-scroll landscape painting "Shaoshan Map" is called "Fuchun Shan Jutu" in contemporary Shaoshan. In 2003, with the approval of the State General Post Office, it was separately included in the special stamp album and special folding album of the commemorative edition of Comrade Mao Zedong's birthday 1 10. The work "General Peng" was collected by Peng Memorial Hall; The work "the city that never sleeps" was selected for the international art exhibition; The work "Summer Mountain Map" won the first prize when it was exhibited in Japan and was permanently collected by the Japan Art Museum.

Shaoshan map

Contemporary "Floating Mountain in Spring Residence": Landscape Picture of Shaoshan Mountain

"The rural scenery, buildings with local characteristics and winding mountains of Shaoshan are presented in a patchwork way, showing the scene of Shaoshan's spring and vitality!" This is a map of Shaoshan that Geng Ying spent two years creating. 12.26m long scroll is a commemoration of the birthday of12.26. At the beginning of the picture, Mao Zedong's famous sentence "Seven Ways to Shaoshan" is quoted. Then, it starts with the waving statues of Mao Zedong youths standing in rows in the jungle, echoing the bronze statues of six relatives of Mao Zedong in Shaoshan Martyrs Cemetery, which is the trend in the mountains. Then, all the scenic spots in Shaoshan are vividly displayed in the form of "three stacks" of space. The whole scroll is horizontally unfolded and has movement, like a rolling lens in a movie. The visual process advances step by step with the development of the picture, and Shaoshan has a panoramic view.

In April 2003, Xiao Geng should start to conceive and create this long scroll. In order to travel to Shaoshan, Xiao has to carry more than ten kilograms of painting tools and luggage, start from Shaoshan Railway Station, cross the winding mountains and valleys, travel dozens of kilometers, and go deep into Shaoshan Revolutionary Memorial Hall and scenic spots to collect materials and create scenery. In order to conceive the work, Xiao Geng had to rent it in a common people's home in Shaoshan for three months in a row, and accumulated a lot of materials for creating long scrolls. Xiao should have recalled that the materials he collected were half a person's height, sketching during the day and finishing at night.

When Xiao Geng collected materials in Shaoshan, in order to choose the best angle, he often had to wade through mountains and rivers and was bitten by a poisonous snake twice. On another occasion, when Xiao sketched at the top of Shaoshan Dishuidong Scenic Area, the ground was slippery and moss was everywhere on the mountain, and he accidentally slipped halfway up the mountain. His hands and feet were scratched and bleeding, his neck, shoulders and waist were sprained, and his whole body ached. Up to now, there are still scars on his hands. Although Geng Ying Jr. experienced dangers and difficulties that he had never encountered in his life in Shaoshan, it was because of his persistence that he finally completed the 12.26-meter long scroll Shaoshan Map.

After the work was completed, it attracted widespread attention. With the permission of the State General Post Office, Shaoshan Post Office launched a stamp collection commemorating the 1 10 anniversary of Chairman Mao's birthday in 2003, including Xiao Geng's map of Shaoshan as the background pattern of the whole stamp collection. The mainstream media such as Huashang Daily, Hunan Satellite TV, chongqing morning post and Changsha Evening News also made relevant reports.

Tanzhou bonfire

The cartoon "Tanzhou bonfire" reproduces the true story of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

Xiao Geng should have conceived and created a cartoon named "Tanzhou bonfire" in 2008. After three years, the serial painting "Tanzhou bonfire" was finally completed and published by Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House on June 20 13. The government, companies and schools have collected them one after another, and Tanzhou bonfire has become a best-selling cartoon, which was printed for the second time in less than a month.

Tanzhou bonfire is adapted from a true story, reflecting the heroic feats of heroic sons and daughters in Xiangtan hot land in June 1944. At that time, the Japanese army launched a large-scale bombing of Xiangtan, and dispatched 280 sorties at most, killing more than 20,000 people and destroying countless buildings. At this critical moment, the guerrillas led by China, the Kuomintang 32nd Division in Xiangtan and the local people Qi Xin joined forces to fight against the Japanese invasion.

How to truly reproduce that epic anti-Japanese war years? Xiao Geng often goes to the city library and archives to consult relevant materials, and his study is also full of history books. In order to collect information conveniently and quickly, he also learned to surf the Internet in his late sixties.

In order to be as close to the truth as possible, Geng Ying Jr. made detailed textual research and research on the characters' wearing and the types of weapons in the painting. Once, in order to determine the hat style worn by soldiers in that era, he deliberately went to Xiangtan Martyrs Cemetery to carefully observe the dress of the martyrs in the portrait, and then went home to create. Xiao should say that the composition of each painting should be carefully considered, whether the angle is looking up or down, the position of the characters in the picture and so on. And these details will not be easily let go.

After three years of hard work, Tanzhou bonfire comic book 130 painting was finally completed. The figures in the painting are lifelike, and the war scenes are vivid, which has both artistic beauty and strong appeal of the times.

Personal life

Geng Ying Jr. does not pretend to be a painter in his life, nor does he voluntarily declare his membership of Artists Association to others. When interviewed by the media, he always told reporters to use life-like names such as "master", "citizen", "folk painter" and "fellow villager" when reporting, so the reports of the above names appeared in newspapers and on the Internet.

Xiao should pay more attention to the artistic value of his works, and insist on producing excellent works, which often takes years to create. When writing the tablet, in order to reflect Marshal Peng's demeanor in commanding the Hundred Regiments War in Taihang Mountain, Shanxi Province during the Anti-Japanese War, he spent more than a month in Taihang Mountain, Shanxi Province at his own expense. In order to have a more comprehensive understanding of Marshal Peng's life story and personality, he visited Peng's former residence and memorial hall in Xiangtan County six times to find information and remake photos. In the process of creation, the monument drew a total of 10 drafts. Sometimes because I am not satisfied with a button on General Peng's clothes, I discard the whole painting and start all over again. Sometimes because the composition is not ideal, the color is not satisfactory, and the work is close to completion, he will abandon it and start over.