On linen canvas and with oil pigment, He Duoling creates lyrical depictions of youth, women, villages, frontier communities, life and crows, expressing sorrows and confusions deep in his mind. It is impressive that he...On linen canvas and with oil pigment, He Duoling creates lyrical depictions of youth, women, villages, frontier communities, life and crows, expressing sorrows and confusions deep in his mind. It is impressive that he has removed his passion from paintings with his chisel and only left cold and distorted images for viewers to grief and ponder over. That is really the wisdom of Sichuan natives.展开更多
Jiang Guofang is not the first to depict the Forbidden City on canvas. But he is truly a pioneer to create oil paintings on this ancient royal palace in such a large scale and from a fresh historical perspective. -- Y...Jiang Guofang is not the first to depict the Forbidden City on canvas. But he is truly a pioneer to create oil paintings on this ancient royal palace in such a large scale and from a fresh historical perspective. -- Yang Xin, former Vice President of Palace展开更多
I got to know Zhang Qiang by accident. He is a Chinese oil painter living in Tokyo, Japan. His career as an artist began with a woodprint works entitled “The Great Leader” depicting Chairman Mao reading in his study.
Efforts to localize oil painting have never stopped since this western art was introduced into China. A Chinese educational system on oil painting had not been developed until the era of master Xu Beihong. But if oil ...Efforts to localize oil painting have never stopped since this western art was introduced into China. A Chinese educational system on oil painting had not been developed until the era of master Xu Beihong. But if oil painting can be localized or not still remains a question in China. After New China was founded in 1949, influenced by Chairman Mao's theories on cultural development, Chinese oil painters were required to,展开更多
文摘On linen canvas and with oil pigment, He Duoling creates lyrical depictions of youth, women, villages, frontier communities, life and crows, expressing sorrows and confusions deep in his mind. It is impressive that he has removed his passion from paintings with his chisel and only left cold and distorted images for viewers to grief and ponder over. That is really the wisdom of Sichuan natives.
文摘Jiang Guofang is not the first to depict the Forbidden City on canvas. But he is truly a pioneer to create oil paintings on this ancient royal palace in such a large scale and from a fresh historical perspective. -- Yang Xin, former Vice President of Palace
文摘I got to know Zhang Qiang by accident. He is a Chinese oil painter living in Tokyo, Japan. His career as an artist began with a woodprint works entitled “The Great Leader” depicting Chairman Mao reading in his study.
文摘Efforts to localize oil painting have never stopped since this western art was introduced into China. A Chinese educational system on oil painting had not been developed until the era of master Xu Beihong. But if oil painting can be localized or not still remains a question in China. After New China was founded in 1949, influenced by Chairman Mao's theories on cultural development, Chinese oil painters were required to,
