Since the Republic of China,
the major painting schools of Eastern Xia have been constantly influenced by world art trends, and there are very few who know nothing about oil painting.
On the contrary,
The artistic spirit is open,
Standing on one's own will can only be abandoned by the times.
Many famous painters, such as the famous artists Huang Jiannan and Wu Guanzhong who have won the Silver Medal from the Louvre in France and whose works are collected by the Louvre, etc. These old gentlemen, whose auction sales have exceeded 100 million each time, all belong to the type of Chinese painting and oil painting that can be painted and painted well.
Mr. Cao himself does not often paint oil paintings.
But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t understand oil painting.
Lao Cao’s early disciples, including his senior brother who died young, Professor Lin Tao himself, and his third junior sister Zhou Ming, were all accomplished artists in oil painting.
On the other hand, the last two apprentices seemed to have a strong desire to succeed their teacher in the Chinese painting world, so they put less effort into oil painting.
The first moment Professor Lin Tao saw this painting, he was surprised by the unique oil painting texture and line shape displayed by Gu Weijing.
The level is very good.
Not inferior to some of the more senior students in his studio.
Putting it on the CAFA campus, which is known as the cradle of Asian artists, it may not be shocking, but it can definitely be said to be a good seed for outstanding artists in the future.
What surprised him even more was Gu Weijing's rapid progress during this period.
Gu Weijing’s line ability was closely related to Lin Tao’s recent pen sketch of the Shwedagon Pagoda.
It was good originally,
Now compared to a few months ago, it is a completely new situation.
"There is hard work and talent."
Professor Lin Tao nodded.
Practice meticulous painting in itself to improve a painter's line modeling skills in all aspects, and it has an analogous effect on sketching and oil painting modeling.
However, understanding by analogy also varies from person to person.
Not everyone can "understand" so quickly.
This level of progress makes Professor Lin a little envious.
Just the overall feeling of this painting, why is it so weird.
"Oh, what did I think it was? It turned out to be a meticulous oil painting, quite ambitious."
Lin Tao took out the old painting glasses from the spectacle case and put them on, and thought about this painting. After painting for a moment, I felt the sense of fragmentation exuded by the entire painting.
"The idea is good, but it's a pity"
The thoughts and intentions that Gu Weijing poured into this painting are almost incomprehensible to an experienced old artist like Professor Lin. You can tell at a glance.
Professor Lin Tao is no stranger to fusion painting.
The road to painting, which is a mixture of Eastern and Western art trends, is a steep road to the top.
This road is indeed to the sky.
In the past two hundred years, all those who have followed this path are world-class artists who can cause a bloody storm in the auction house with any painting.
Needless to say, the origin of the famous Impressionism and Oriental painting.
It is the lifelong dream of any artist to establish a sect.
Painters in the Eastern Xia who were able to successfully integrate Chinese painting experience into oil painting techniques, whether it was Zhao Wuji or Wu Guanzhong, their painting styles were almost self-contained.
There were already established schools. prototype.
What’s even more valuable is.
It can ignore differences in artistic aesthetics.
Foreigners cannot appreciate Chinese paintings, and the Asian market is also relatively indifferent to Afrofuturistic style.
But the fusion of painting methods, regardless of east, west, north, south, China, France, Germany and Japan.
In almost any art market, all have achieved great success.
Like two sides of a coin.
While this painting method has unlimited potential, it is also dangerous at every step.
This road is really difficult to walk.
The fusion of different artistic styles is the most testing area for painting skills.
Fusion painting pursues the effect of 11 being greater than 2.
The painting method of meticulous oil painting does not mean that you use fine brushwork to draw a bunch of grapes, and then use oil painting to draw a static sketch of a group of apples. When they are put together, it can be called a fusion painting.
This can only be regarded as a strange thing that Easterners cannot understand and Westerners cannot understand.
"It's too late, and it's too early."
Lin Tao looked at this picture of the Good Luck Orphanage under the sun and shook his head with regret.
At Gu Weijing's current age, like many people who have received good professional art education, his painting style has been finalized.
The ointment, dotting, connecting and dyeing of meticulous painting. The techniques of thin rubbing, over-dyeing, stamping, stippling, etc. of oil painting have all become habits like muscle memory.
This is by no means a bad thing.
It’s just that fusion painting pursues breaking boundaries and jumping out of tradition.
The painter's textbook-like muscle memory of the techniques he has learned can easily cause people to fall into the limitations of past thinking when the two painting methods are integrated with each other, causing obstacles.
Gu Weijing’s sense of dissonance when painting originated from this.
This is the result of conflicting thinking and old habits.
Theoretically, learning fusion painting should be similar to how Zhang Sanfeng taught Zhang Wuji Tai Chi, forgetting the old rules of painting, and under the guidance of the master, to achieve victory without any moves.
For example, Mr. Zhu Naizheng, the vice president of Central Academy of Fine Arts, only takes the essence of oil painting, abandons the painting method of oil painting, and likes to use Chinese-style brushes for oil painting.
Theoretically, this kind of drawing method is easier for children to master as it is like a blank piece of paper.
It’s too early to say,
It’s because whether it’s Chinese painting orOil painting and Gu Weijing are still far from reaching the point where they can master everything and work with ease.
Masters who can truly master Taoism through painting can naturally transcend the obstacles of old habits.
However, this is more difficult.
Lin Tao has never tried this style of fusion painting.
It’s not that he can’t draw.
With Lin Tao's status, naturally he cannot hold himself to ordinary standards.
Among the Eastern Xia painting circles, there are probably three artists who are the best at integrating traditional Eastern elements into Western oil paintings.
Based on Professor Lin Tao’s judgment of himself.
In terms of his grasp of Eastern aesthetic imagery, he is not as good as Zao Wou-Ki. In terms of the combination of ink structure and Western colors, he is not as good as Wu Guanzhong. In terms of the neatness of lines and the transformation of oil painting brushes, he is not as good as someone who has decades of experience. Zhu Naizheng, a great painter with calligraphy skills.
After all, he is Cao Lao’s oldest living disciple.
If you cannot do your best and draw your own characteristics,
you will be suspected of imitating others.
The higher the status, the greater the pressure.
"After all, I am a child, so I don't know how high the sky is."
Lin Tao is a little funny.
In his opinion, this painting was too ambitious.
Just like a child trying to swing two pairs of heavy hammers, the staggering look makes people want to smile.
The two different artistic styles of Chinese painting and oil painting make the whole picture look messy.
However, the layout of the picture and the use of the pen itself are so well-proportioned that it is surprising.
At least, Lin Tao believes that Yue Gu Weijing's overall painting skills have made great progress this time.
This news should be shared with the teacher.
He thought for a while, and instead of sending it privately to Mr. Cao, he forwarded the photo to the teacher group.
"What do you think of this painting by a young man who wants to participate in an art exhibition?"
Lin Tao typed.
"The style is very fragmented, but the flaws are not hidden. The brushstrokes are handled well, the character lines are drawn very accurately, and the small details are also good. If the person who painted it is still a student, he has a bright future."
Third Junior Sister Zhou Ming was the first to reply.
"This style of painting, and that of a young man, is the early work of Cui Xiaoming, the son of Cui Xuanyou of Xiangjiang Gallery." Zhou Ming asked.
“It’s that young painter who had a solo exhibition at the age of 20. I saw his paintings a few years ago. The level of brushwork alone is not much better than this painting, but the overall feeling is much more harmonious. A painting by Xiao Cui can now be sold for thirty thousand dollars."
Lin Tao shook his head.
The style of fusion painting is too difficult to follow.
Among all the new-generation painters of the younger generation, some of them are famous. The only young person Lin Tao can think of who is trying to take this path is Cui Xiaoming.
If you want to accurately summarize thisThe young painting hero is probably the version of "Katsuko Sakai who is ten years older".
Cui Xiaoming is very similar to Sakai Katsuko in many aspects.
His father "Da Cui" is the German-Chinese artist Cui Xuanyou, and his mother is a German realistic oil painter.
This created an innate condition for him that surpassed most ordinary painting students.
It is said that when he was a child and could not speak, he took a brush dipped in oil paint and splashed ink on the drawing board.
Similar to mother tongue education.
Spiritual children are deliberately exposed to this kind of fusion culture environment by their parents. During their growth stage, they are deliberately trained in the direction of fusion painting, which makes it easier for them to combine the two painting methods without sticking to the boundaries. Integrate into each other.
It may be said that his parents’ art education ideas are shrewd or sharp.
The effect is significant.
Nowadays, Cui Xiaoming’s own painting skills may not be too outstanding among professional painters.
But relying on this fusion painting, some of his fine paintings are now worth as much as It has also reached the level of thirty thousand US dollars.
This amount is already very high.
The painter itself is a very steep pyramid. Painters who make big money can make money faster than robbing banks, but in the eyes of ordinary painters, one or two thousand dollars is considered a big deal.
Many people have no idea about the professional income of painters.
Take the Hurun Artist Rich List as an example. The top ten Dongxia artists on the list are all in units of 100 million yuan. There are many whose works can be sold for more than 500 million yuan in total in a year. There are billions almost every year.
The top few painters whose total personal net worth is less than one billion are too embarrassed to meet anyone.
But at the end of the list, there are also some painters who "can only" sell for over a million dollars.
In some years when the art market is relatively sluggish, if you can sell all your works in a year for 800,000 to 900,000 yuan, you will be in the rankings.
This is one of the largest art markets in the world, and all art and painting practitioners are among the top 100.
Considering that Xiao Cui is only in his twenties.
The market generally believes that as long as he continues on the path of fusion painting for a few more years, it will only be a matter of time before the market price exceeds that of his father, Da Cui.
The future is limitless. .
"It's not him, but some ignorant student who wants to challenge meticulous oil painting."
The meaning of Zhou Ming's words is a bit complete, "I should say that he doesn't You know the importance, but you still have to be brave. This road is not easy to walk."
"Who drew it?"
Junior sister Tang Ning asked succinctly.
"Tang Ning. There will be your special spring auction in Hong Kong next month. Let's make an appointment to get together. I would like to wish junior sister Xiao Ning that the sales volume of the special sales exceeds 200 million Hong Kong dollars."
p>I saw a very busy young junior sister taking risksAfter drinking the tea, Zhou Ming took a look at his junior sister.
"Okay, we will make an appointment then. I also wish my senior sister all the best for her Paris solo exhibition at the Creuse Gallery this year."
The junior sister Tang Ning once again changed the subject of the painting back to the review Paintings for scriptures.
"Lin Tao, who painted it?"
She seemed to be particularly interested in this issue.
"You must be an outstanding student in Senior Brother Lin's studio. Children should be allowed to calm down and paint oil paintings or Chinese paintings in a down-to-earth manner. It is not difficult for a student group with this level to participate in the Beijing Art Exhibition. This style is also It's not something he can control now."
Zhou Ming speculated.
"The student category is not enough. Mr. Cao's expectation for him is to win the award in the master category at the Singapore Biennale."
The group was quiet for more than ten seconds.
"Lin Tao, is that kid from Burma"
Zhou Ming asked.
The bet between Mr. Cao and Gu Weijing was only circulated within a small area, but their disciples were naturally aware of it.
"Yes, it's a painting by Gu Weijing."
"It looks a bit interesting, but it's just outstanding among ordinary. It's far behind Xiao Ning's age, Xiao Ning , what do you say?"
Ever since he got the news that Mr. Cao might want to accept another apprentice, Zhou Ming has been a little curious about what his junior sister, who came from a family of calligraphy and painting in the south of the Yangtze River, was thinking.
Rare things are more valuable.
A direct disciple of Mr. Cao, he can almost be said to be the most famous brand in the Asian painting circle.
Naturally, the smaller the number of people, the more valuable it is.
Faced with the possibility of having another junior disciple appear at any time,
Although older disciples like Lin Tao and Zhou Ming feel a little weird, they are not unable to accept it.
The one who suffered the biggest "loss" was junior sister Tang Ning.
The meanings of closed disciples and ordinary disciples are always different.
Even in the modern teacher-student relationship in the West, the youngest student of the master tutor in the laboratory will be looked down upon.
In the more intimate relationship between teachers and disciples in the Eastern style, the disciple who is a close disciple is often the one who is most favored by the teacher.
Lao Cao’s eldest disciple is no longer alive. Whoever is a closed disciple can almost be recognized by the outside world as Lao Cao’s successor.
If expected,
is also the heir to the artistic legacy.
Whether you like it or not, objectively speculative collectors who hype works of art prefer to speculate on various concepts and stories.
It is unrealistic that being a closed disciple can double the market price of Junior Sister Tang Ning’s works, but it is still very real to increase the basic price by ten to fifteen percentage points.
After hearing Mr. Cao’s decision, Junior Sister Tang Ning’s mood must have been a bit subtle and unspeakable.
“You are so ambitious that you want to run before you learn how to walk. Mr. Cao’s Chinese painting alone is enough for him to study for a lifetime.”
Sure enough,
Tang Ning's tone was a little unhappy.
"I don't think so. If you want to be a painter, but don't have the courage to create a new style, it's better to be a painter. If he can only follow my footsteps and follow my example, Cao Xuan, for the rest of his life, it will make people sad. Disappointed. This guy likes me very much. You are not as good as him at this point.”
No one could refute this, because it was Cao Xuan himself who spoke. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft