“海派”骄子吴琴木

Wu Qinmu:a Master of Shanghai School

20世纪初,在“五四”激进文化的影响下,许多人对中国传统绘画持悲观态度,大力呼吁用西洋画来改造中国画,此外,当时上海画派作品中流行着或浓或淡的商品气息。对此,吴琴木先生保持着极冷静、清醒的思考。他从文化高度看待中国画,一头扎进传统经典绘画中,先师古人,后参造化。其作品结构严谨,笔墨精纯,变化丰富,温润秀雅,克服了“海派”中的俗病,深得文人画艺术精神之内蕴。

At the beginning of the 20th century, with the influence of the radicalism of the May 4thMovement, many artists were pessimistic about traditional Chinese painting, appealing to the reform of Chinese painting with western arts. Inthat time, most works of Shanghai School contained commercial flavour. Keeping a clear head in that situation, and viewing Chinese arts at ahigher cultural attitude, Mr. Wu Qinmu threw himself into studying traditional arts, learning from ancient artists at the first step and thenfrom the nature. Getting rid of vulgar commercial taste in most artists in Shanghai School, his works show strict structures, rich changes ,andmild elegancy with his pure ink and stroke, all of which contain the artistic spirit of literati painting.