In today's art world, there are many genres, Professor Li Zelin firmly walks on the road of realism, insists on discovering beauty from life, expressing beauty, and transmitting beauty to the world. A lot of sketching is a must-have lesson. He said: "A mature painter must be a solid basic kung fu and a master of sketching. Many people take 'shortcuts' and actually don't go far artistically.
Chinese Minmin Anti-Japanese History Memorial Hall displays hundreds of paintings showing the history of the revolution and the achievements of the times. Walking along the long river of history, one of the works makes people feel both shocking and tragic, Li Zelin's "Soul of the Great Wall".
In the spring of Wuhan, the sky is high and cloudless, the sun is pouring on the cement floor outside, and everything seems very quiet. In the spacious studio, Li Zelin recalled the past, as if he could hear the echoes of history.
Born in Guangxi in 1942, Li Zelin was an outstanding realist artist who served as president and professor of the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts. Professor Li Zelin experienced the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation and had a strong sense of national distress. He first learned oil painting, and in the 1970s, in response to the needs of the era of transforming Chinese painting, he turned to Chinese painting creation and opened the road of "Running in the West".
"The Soul of the Great Wall" was created in 2005, the 60th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and Professor Li Zelin, who has retired for many years, was invited by relevant departments to create major historical themes. "The Soul of the Great Wall" portrays the heroic picture of the hard battle of the Chinese Red Army in the War of Resistance Against Japan. The characters in the picture are full of sad atmosphere. On the subject of using traditional Chinese pen and ink to create the theme of the War of Resistance, "The Soul of the Great Wall" has made breakthrough achievements.