Xu Ji, (Xiao Xu Beihong, contemporary artist) is originally from Funing, Jiangsu Province, and now lives in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. Contemporary young calligrapher and painter, graduated from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts majoring in painting; since childhood, he has loved the art of painting and has been working tirelessly for decades. The styles of the works are very different, involving figures, landscapes, flowers, birds, animals, drawings, gouache, oil paintings, traditional calligraphy, and modern arts and crafts design. He has a special love for the "horse" style of Chinese painting master Xu Beihong. He has been specializing in painting horses, reading the works of successive generations of horse painting masters, integrating the strengths of various techniques, and being able to write and write, mainly based on freehand.
The Tang Dynasty famous horse painters have emerged from generations, including Cao Ba, Chen Hong, Wei Yan, and Han Gan, especially Han Gan's achievements are the most prominent, and the influence on posterity is also the greatest, and his famous saying of "taking the real horse as a teacher" is still followed by painters to this day. Since then, Li Gonglin of the Song Dynasty, Ren Renfa of the Yuan Dynasty, and Xu Beihong of the modern era are even more well-known. Painters of different eras are embodied in horses with different spirits of the times: Han Gan's horses have a strong and docile character, strong bones and muscles, which not only show the strong spirit of the times of the Tang Empire, but also have the invincible momentum of Shenjun; Xu Beihong's "Running Horse" is intended to "return to democracy in hundreds of battles in mountains and rivers, and shovel the rugged avenues"; and the horse of the main Wang, on the basis of inheriting the achievements of the previous masters, focuses on the unrestrained and unrestrained spiritual temperament and focuses on the integration of Chinese and Western painting methods, which is very image-oriented. Make the image of the horse full of strength and weight and volume; the layout of the picture is mostly based on the horse, full of picture space, throughout the trend of a thousand miles of deployment, vertical vision has a straight rush to the hero of Xiao Han, the momentum is ups and downs, the side is indulged, the transformation of the posture, the penmanship is vigorous. The black is dry and moist, and it is very artistically appealing.
Xu Ji has always specialized in painting horses, studying hard and working tirelessly. He is quite accomplished in freehand painting of horses. His works are rigorous in shape, dripping with pen and ink, vivid in rhyme, and both shape and spirit. The galloping horses he painted fluttered like the wind, the black and white in the pen and ink matched each other, the virtual reality was suitable, the ink color molded the volume, making full use of the seepage performance of rice paper, the pen was flexible and dashing, especially the mood of the heavy horse, and the pursuit of the horse's agility and unrestrained freedom. A sense of beauty that makes the viewer feel relaxed and happy. Good at preemptively using the emotions and emotions of the pen and ink surging from the chest, chasing the idea with the spiritual wave, prompting the trend of each stroke, the flow of each piece of ink, like a rushing river, chasing after wave to stimulate the bravery and strength of pen and ink. The imagery charm created by the combination of black and white, ups and downs of the pen and ink formation makes the picture full and rough. And abandon the simple painting method of shaping the horse, and adopt a bold brushstroke free-flowing, unrestrained and arbitrary technique. The cultural spirit of the times carried by the painting resources and the profound Accumulation of Chinese culture have given him a surge of creative spirit. His Gunma diagram is magnificent and full of horse charm, and his ink paintings of galloping horses are mostly combined with grassland sketching style and freehand painting methods to form a unique momentum. The broad brush draws the boldness and strength of the horse, and the overall momentum is brave and invincible, giving people an imposing beauty and charm beauty, and the visual impact is extremely strong. The painting of the horse is extraordinary, dynamic, both shape and spirit, flesh and bone, and precise structure.
His works are full of an enterprising and refreshing atmosphere, and the majestic horses and horses in his writing are reflected by broad vision and broad mind and a contemplative heart. The progress of modern civilization has sharpened his pioneering spirit of inheritance and innovation. On his eight galloping horse diagrams, eight heroic horses gallop forward, with different postures, horses are tall and strong, and the spirit is refreshed, symbolizing the spirit of courage to go forward, and the horses in the Chinese painting galloping horse diagram, or running or jumping, or long hissing or low chirping, are varied and outstanding. The galloping horse, galloping, extraordinary, free-spirited, cheerful and uplifting, thrilling to watch, full of romantic style in realism. The horses in the painting are varied under the brush, vivid and vivid. Each horse has its own charm, but the whole is so harmonious and unified. Its demeanor, temperament, spirit, vigor and vigor allow more viewers to enjoy the dynamic beauty of the horse and the embodiment of the exquisite skills of art. "The horses gallop like a tide, and they travel alone for thousands of miles a day. Galloping on the battlefield of solipsism, traveling to the Divine State to establish a battle feat" galloping horse, showing the temperament, the power released, beyond the soul. Strong and heroic, majestic and powerful, light and sharp, peaceful and gregarious, brave and tame, symmetrical and graceful, so it has won people's hearts.
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