Cover news reporter Wang Renhong
On December 19th, the book launch of "The Mystery of Chang yu" was held in Nanchong, Sichuan, Chang Yu's hometown. Long Xingchun, director of the China South Asian Society and professor of the School of International Relations of Sichuan University of Foreign Chinese, Li Yongping, secretary of the party group and executive vice chairman of the Nanchong Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, He Yongkang, chairman of the Nanchong Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Yang Guang, a scholar in Europe and president of the French Chinese Workers and Work-study Research Association in France, He Renjun, chairman of the Nanchong Beauty Association, and other experts and leaders attended the book launch.
The scene of the new book launch.
The Mystery of Chang Yu was published by Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House and edited by Deng Chengman. Deng Chengman, a native of the southern county of Nanchong City, loves to travel and write, has been engaged in teaching and media industry for a long time, and now focuses on collecting and sorting out local literature and history materials in Bashu.
The author introduces the experience of editing.
Deng Chengman introduced that in 2006, he began to systematically search for the descendants of the Changyu family and those who had intersected with Changyu, and restored Changyu from their mouths. It also collected a large number of literary and historical materials about Chang Yu.
In 2020, Deng Chengman began to sort out the information and interview notes about Chang Yu, using the vision of a media person to solve the mystery of Chang Yu's life, the mystery of family business, the mystery of schooling, the mystery of going abroad, and the mystery of the cause of death... So there was a new book, "The Mystery of Changyu".
Chang Yu
Chang Yu was born in Nanchong District in 1895, and the Chang family opened a silk factory and became a wealthy businessman. With the support of his family, Chang Yu studied painting in Paris. In the 1920s and 1930s, Chang Yu's works occupied a place in the Parisian painting world. But in general, Chang Yu's works were not appreciated in the art market at that time. At the end of the summer of 1966, the impoverished Chang Yu died in his Paris apartment.
Chang Yu's paintings.
30 years after Chang Yu's death, his paintings became increasingly popular in the auction market. Among them, the oil painting "Five Nude Women" was sold at an auction of HK$303.9 million in Hong Kong, becoming one of the highest-priced works of Chinese painting.
Sign a gift book.
Li Yongping, secretary of the party group and executive vice chairman of the Nanchong Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature, said that Chang Yu is a painter with international influence who has gone out from Nanchong, and the publication and distribution of "The Mystery of Chang Yu" is conducive to promoting the study of Chang Yu's works, expanding the popularity of Nanchong, and enhancing the reputation of Nanchong.
The Mystery of Changyu
Yang Guang, a scholar in Europe and president of the French Chinese Workers and Work-study Research Association in France, said that "The Mystery of Changyu" is to understand Changyu's "instant coffee" and "fast food", and many dialects with local characteristics of northern Sichuan in the book allow readers to feel the strong "Bashu flavor".
Qin Yi, director of the Sichuan Provincial Artists Association and vice chairman of the Nanchong Municipal Artists Association, believes that "The Mystery of Changyu" systematically introduces and explains the people and paintings of Changyu, giving people a sense of intimacy. "I look forward to the spring of Changyu research with the publication of "The Mystery of Changyu"." Qin Yi said.