新近发现张善孖抗战赈济作品《下山虎》《昂头天外》解读

Interpretation of the Newly Found Anti-Japanese Relief Works A Tiger down the Mountain and Heads up in the Air by ZHANG Shan-zi

"虎痴"张善孖以笔墨言志,在国难之际创作了数百幅抗日题材作品,开美术界抗日宣传画之先河。新近于美国发现的《下山虎》《昂头天外》等作品,为张善孖旅居欧美期间为抗战赈济而作,体现了强烈的家国意识及民族大义。

The ＂tiger fan＂ ZHANG Shan-ma expressed his thoughts through ink. During the period of the national dis- aster, he composed hundreds of paintings with Anti-Japanese War as the subject. This pioneered the propaganda paintings of the War in fine arts field. The newly found paintings in America, A Tiger down the Mountain and Heads up in the Air, were created by ZHANG for relief in America. This showed his strong national consciousness.