More than 60 years ago, the Beijing Academy of Chinese Painting was officially established, and Qi Baishi served as the honorary president. The first president was Ye Gongqiu, an important political figure and cultural figure in the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China and the New China period. On November 12th, the Beijing Academy of Painting exhibited the special exhibition "Commemorating the 140th Anniversary of Ye Gongqiu's Birth: Who Knows The World: Ye Gongqiu's Calligraphy and Painting, Travel and Collection", leading the audience to get closer to Ye Gongqiu's painting friends, calligraphy and painting collection and artistic life.
Ye Gongqiu in his later years
As an "encyclopedic" figure in the history of Chinese culture in the twentieth century, Ye Gongqi was a pioneer in modern transportation and transportation education; he was also a collector with a sense of family and country, who devoted his life to the collection and protection of cultural relics; he was also a promoter of the development of new Chinese culture, and served as a member of the Cultural and Educational Committee of the Government Council of the Central People's Government, a standing committee member of the Chinese Character Reform Committee, and an acting director of the Central Museum of Culture and History. This year coincides with the 140th anniversary of Ye Gongqi's birth, and the exhibition has been supported by 13 units such as the Central Research Museum of Literature and History, the Palace Museum, the National Museum of China, and the National Art Museum of China, bringing together nearly 100 sets of Ye Gongqi's calligraphy and paintings, xinzha and cultural relics once collected by various museums and courtyards.
On May 14, 1954, Zhou Enlai spoke at the inaugural meeting of the Chinese Academy of Painting in Beijing
Ye Gongqi was born in 1881 in the residence of his grandfather Ye Yanlan in Beijing's Mishi Hutong, and under the influence of the Ye family's deep family tradition, he was inspired to read four books at the age of four, and he could compose poetry at the age of five or six. The first section of the exhibition shows the audience Ye Gonglan's profound family cultivation and calligraphy and painting appearance through Ye Yanlan and Ye Gongqi's calligraphy and painting works and related documents, among which his "Portrait Biography of Qing Dynasty Scholars" and "Portrait Biography of Celebrities of Past Dynasties" cooperated by him and his grandfather Ye Yanlan are not only extremely important research materials in the field of art history, but also praised by the academic community as a must-read work for the study of the history of Qing Dynasty culture.
"Mo Lan Tu " ( Ming ) Peng Ruiwei
Throughout his life, Ye Gongqi traveled to Guangdong, Jiangxi, Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and Hong Kong, and traveled extensively in each place. His contacts cover politics, transportation, culture, collection and other fields, including Qi Baishi, Chen Shizeng, He Xiangning, Xu Beihong, Wu Hufan, Zhang Daqian, Huang Banruo, Mei Lanfang, Zhu Qizhao and many other art masters. The second section of the exhibition presents Ye Gongqi's artistic journey with friends in the modern and modern art world through a wealth of calligraphy and painting works and letters and documents.
"Mei Zhu Shi Tu" Ye GongQiu Mei Lanfang
In Chen Shizeng's "Beijing Customs Map", Ye Gongcheng's emotional and sincere inscription tells the audience about his friendship with Chen Shizeng. The two met in 1895, when Ye Gongqiu, who was a young man, lived in Jiangxi, so he and Chen Shi had already sung poetry and were young confidants. Later, Ye Gongqi lived in Beijing for a long time, and there was constant contact with Chen Shizeng. The two also have a common confidant and friend, Qi Baishi, and the exhibition specially displays Ye Gongqi's letter to Qi Baishi and Zhu Shou's works, telling the audience about the literati friendship between the two presidents of the Beijing Academy of Painting.
In 1928, when Ye Gongqi settled in Shanghai, he became acquainted with Wu Hufan. Since then, the two people have been singing poetry and painting for decades, and the papers have been painted. Wu Hufan had an important influence on Ye Gongfan's collection and creation of calligraphy and paintings, and Ye Gongfan also inspired Wu Hufan's poetry creation. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Ip moved to Hong Kong. During his stay in Hong Kong, he especially missed the old house fengchi jingshe in Suzhou, and specially asked his friend Wu Hufan to make a "Fengchi jingshe map" for him. This painting has ye Gongqi's many inscriptions on it, which has become a testimony to the friendship between the two. In addition, during his time in Hong Kong, Ip had close contacts with Wong Ban Ruo and others, leaving behind a number of calligraphy and painting works and letters. This year, Huang Dade, the son of Huang Banruo, donated these works to the Beijing Academy of Painting free of charge, which has also become a highlight of the exhibition.
"Pine Cypress Diagram" Ye Gongqi
Ye Gongqiu collected and appreciated all kinds of antiquities throughout his life. In this exhibition, including Yang Weizhen's "Zhang Nanxuan" collected by the Palace Museum, Zhang Jianyang's "Night Talk at the Neem Pavilion" collected by the Jilin Provincial Museum, Fu Shan and Fu Mei's "Jia Shen Book" collected by the Suzhou Museum, and Chen Shizhong's "Bamboo Map" collected by the Guangzhou Museum of Art, Ye Gongqiu's calligraphy and painting cultural relics that Ye Gongqiu once collected gathered together to show the public Ye Gongqiu's concept of collection and the feelings of protecting cultural relics. The exhibition will run until January 16, 2022.