Zhang Daqian

Zhang Daqian (1899- 1983), also known as Ji and Ji Ling, also known as Daqian, also known as Daqian Jushi, has a studio named "Dafeng Hall". Zhang Daqian's characteristics are as follows: First, he has a deep foundation and became famous early. Zhang Daqian is a talented painter, and Xu Beihong said that Zhang Daqian has "talent". When he was a child, he studied painting with his mother. In his twenties, he went to Japan with his brother to study dyeing, weaving and painting. After returning to China, he devoted himself to studying traditional calligraphy and painting. From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, he studied their works one by one, from copying to imitation to forgery, which was almost confusing. His forgeries have deceived collectors such as Huang, Luo Zhenyu and others, leaving many anecdotes. At the same time, Zhang Daqian's reputation has spread all over the country. In the 1920s, there was the saying of "Pu in the south and Pu in the north", and in the 1930s, there was the saying of "Zhang in the south and Qi in the north" (Qi refers to Qi Baishi). Second, the road is wide and great achievements have been made. Zhang Daqian is an all-rounder who knows everything about landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, feathers, animals, fish and insects, meticulous brushwork, freehand brushwork, poetry, calligraphy, seal cutting and appreciation. It can be said that he knows all 18 martial arts, and he is proficient in all 13 subjects of Chinese painting. Zhang Daqian's early and middle works are mostly ancient, close to ancient times. In his later years, he created his own splash-ink and became famous in the painting world, which established his position as a master of contemporary Chinese painting. Pu Ru once said that "the universe can't hold a thousand", Xu Beihong praised Zhang Daqian as "the first man in 500 years", and Pu Ru and Xu Beihong gave Zhang Daqian a high evaluation and summary from the perspectives of time and space respectively.

Fu Baoshi

Fu Baoshi (1904- 1965), formerly known as Changsheng, was later renamed Rui Lin, a native of Xinyu, Jiangxi, and was nicknamed Bao's in 192 1 year. I have studied in Japan, studied the history of oriental art and published many art histories. Before his death, he was the president of Jiangsu Painting Academy, the vice chairman of China Artists Association and the chairman of Jiangsu Branch of Artists Association. He is good at painting landscapes, ladies and nobles. His composition structure is unconventional, his lines are elegant and graceful, and his calligraphy blends with other schools, creating his own "bouldering group". His landscape is misty and rainy, and his momentum is extraordinary. Some people say that Fu Baoshi's landscape painting transcends the contemporary era, and it represents the new trend of contemporary landscape painting. The figure painting in the Six Dynasties is characterized by simple pen, profound meaning, natural and unrestrained vividness and elegant style. The ladies and robes in his paintings are all ancient people, and the charm of his attitude is even more ancient.

Qi Baishi

Qi Baishi (1863- 1957), formerly known as Chunzhi and posthumous title, was later renamed as Baishi, an old man in Xingziwu, a descendant of the old Tang family, a master of singing by mountain, Ji Ping, a layman in Qi Dalin, an old farmer in Hunan, and 300 lithographs. When I was a teenager, I studied wood carving, then devoted myself to painting, admired Xu Wei, Zhu Da, Yuanji and Wu Changshuo, and also engaged in seal cutting, calligraphy and poetry creation. He settled in Beijing at the age of 56, taking epigraphy and calligraphy as his profession, and founded the Honghua Moye School. After liberation, he served as honorary professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts, honorary president of China Painting Academy and chairman of China Artists Association. 1956, he was awarded the 1955 International Peace Prize by the World Peace Council. After his death, he was selected as a world cultural celebrity by the World Peace Council and was an internationally influential painter. Qi Baishi is an all-round painter who combines poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing. His paintings are famous for flowers and birds. He once determined to "draw a picture of thousands of insects to convey the spirit for hundreds of birds." His subjects of flowers, birds, fish and insects are extremely extensive, and no one can match them; His artistic style is concise, lively, innovative and colorful, and he combines China's traditional freehand brushwork with folk painting, which is quite praised by people.

Xu Beihong

Xu Beihong (1895- 1953) was born in Yixing, Jiangsu. In his early years, he went to Tokyo, Japan to study fine arts, and then went to France to study sketch and oil painting. For a long time, he has enjoyed a high reputation in the art circles at home and abroad. 1927 After returning to China, he served as a professor in the Art Department of Central University and dean of Peking University Art Institute. After liberation, he served as president of Central Academy of Fine Arts and chairman of China Artists Association. Xu Beihong held high the banner of transforming Chinese painting all his life and had a great influence in China painting circle. He is an advocate of the combination of Chinese and western painting and a practitioner of the transformation from Chinese painting to realism. In painting creation, we advocate "to be subtle and broad" and "to take care of everything". Xu Beihong took the road of "nourishing China from the West". He is good at oil painting and Chinese painting, especially at sketching and drawing horses. He pays attention to realism, modeling, conveying expressions, good form and spirit, and full of vitality. In particular, figures, flowers, birds and animals strive for accurate modeling, but his brushwork is meticulous and his basic skills are not divorced from tradition, which strengthens the realism of figures, flowers, birds and animals. Masterpieces handed down from generation to generation include oil paintings Five Hundred Heroes in Tian Heng, Kang Youwei, and Three Heroes in the Dust, while Chinese paintings include Yu Gong Yi Shan, Jiu Fang Gao, Joining Hands with Tokyo, Portrait of Tergo, etc.

Li Keran

Li Keran (1907- 1989), a native of Xuzhou, Jiangsu, whose studio is called "Shi Niu Tang". I like painting since I was a child. He graduated from "National Hangzhou Art" in his early years. Later, I worshipped Huang and Qi Baishi as teachers, and studied wholeheartedly, gaining the essence of the two artists. In the 1940s, it was put forward that "hit it with the greatest skill and hit it with the greatest courage". In 1950s, with the creative spirit of "Courage is the most important, soul is the most important", he spent nearly ten years sketching in mountains and rivers and life with heavy Chinese painting tools such as pen, ink and rice paper. The journey is hundreds of thousands of miles, the painting style has changed greatly, and the artistic forest is reproduced with unique freehand brushwork landscapes, figures and cows. In 1970s and 1980s, he went deep into life for many times, excavated artistic conception in life, created art in sketching, broke through outdated traditional techniques and procedures, integrated the laws of nature with artistic creation, made his calligraphy and painting more perfect, and formed a black, full, heavy and bright artistic style of Li School. Li Keran is good at landscapes, figures, buffaloes and calligraphy. He usually creates carefully and rarely draws the same works. In addition, Li Keran was unhappy when he created a painting, ranging from a few days to more than ten days and months. If you are not satisfied, you often waste it, calling yourself "three thousand paintings are wasted."

(1889- 1933), formerly known as Weng, is an advocate of the "new Chinese painting" movement and one of the main representatives of the Lingnan school of painting, and is also called "the three outstanding figures in Lingnan" with Gao, Chen. He joined the League in his early years, and later founded Truth Pictorial and Aesthetic Library in Shanghai with his brother Gao, with students all over the world. Tu Youyou once praised "carrying forward the true art and leading the painting world". Gao Qifeng citizens went in and out of hundreds of schools, merged with Chinese and foreign countries, explored Austria in poverty, found their own way and became excellent people. He is good at drawing animals, flowers and landscapes. The animal images he draws are strong, vivid, magnificent and full of form and spirit. Smart animals such as Song Ying and apes, accompanied by snow scenes, jathyapple, solitary vines or the Wuxia Gorge of the Yangtze River, are pleasing to the eye and quite eye-catching. The lions, tigers and Song Ying in his works are regarded by Sun Yat-sen as representatives of revolutionary spirit.

Shi Lu (19 19- 1982) is an outstanding representative of Chang 'an School of Painting in China. Shi Lu had a rough life, especially during the Cultural Revolution. He was persecuted and became crazy and disabled. Many people describe him as a half-crazy, half-paralyzed, half-crazy freak. He is internationally renowned and has the reputation of "Van Gogh in China". Shi Lu, formerly known as Feng Yaheng, was born in Renshou, Sichuan. He studied Chinese painting since childhood, so he changed his name to Shilu because he worshipped Shi Tao, a painter in Qing Dynasty, and Lu Xun, a modern writer. Shi Lu is an all-rounder who knows everything about landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, calligraphy, seal cutting, poetry and literature. Judging from his artistic achievements and influence, his calligraphy and painting have the highest achievements and the greatest influence. His paintings and calligraphy have three characteristics. First, he is good at expressing the major themes of revolutionary history with traditional landscape paintings, which makes Chinese painting refreshing and creates a new way for Chinese painting. Second, his works have strong personality and unique style. His pen and ink are bold, clumsy, rough and angular, which can be seen in calligraphy and painting. He is hard and strong, especially when it is dry and heavy, such as volcanic eruptions and landslides. Third, his works are unique in conception and profound in artistic conception. The most typical one is his masterpiece "Moving to Northern Shaanxi". Against the majestic mountains, Chairman Mao stands tall on the hillside. Although the proportion of characters in the whole picture is very small, it gives people an impression of indomitable spirit and swallowing mountains and rivers, so his works have achieved a high degree of artistic and ideological integration. Especially in the sixties and seventies, Shi Lu's works, from brushwork, composition to artistic conception, have a kind of wild pride, which gives vent to the loneliness and sadness in Shi Lu's heart and the strong anger and injustice during the Cultural Revolution.