刘子久的艺术之路与金城、湖社画会的关系

Liu Zijiu’s Career of Art and the Relationship with Jin Cheng and Hushe Painting Association

刘子久是20世纪京津地区传统中国画画坛的代表画家之一,他所取得的艺术成就与金城和湖社画会有着不可分割的联系。金城既是刘子久在绘画技艺上的老师,又是使刘子久成名的伯乐和立身画坛最重要的领路人。刘子久是湖社画会"精研古法、博采新知"宗旨的忠实践行者。他协助组建湖社画会,是其骨干中坚,同时也借助其整体实力提高了自身的影响力。这是民国时期,带有一定现代性质的美术团体运行方式中,画家个人和社团和谐共生,相互促进的典型实例之一。

Liu Zijiu is one of the representative of the traditional Chinese painting painters in Tianjin and Beijing area in the 20 th century. His achievements in art had a close connection with Jin Cheng and Hushe Painting Association. Jin Cheng was Liu’s teacher in painting skills as well as the mentor who guided him to the art circles and made him famous. Liu was the faithful practitioner of the principle of "study the tradition, absorb new knowledge" of Hushe. Liu was the original founder of Hushe Painting Association and meanwhile his influence had been improver through the artist group. The establishment of Hushe was an art campaign with the sense of modernity in the period of the Republic of China, which was a typical example that the painters and community could develop in a harmony and make mutual promotion.