As early as 1919, Shanghai painter Xu Beihong went to France to study oil painting; after that, Liu Haisu, Lin Fengmian, Pan Yuliang, Yan Wenliang, Wu Dayu, Chang Yu, Chen Baoyi, Guan Zilan and other artists went to Japan and Europe to study Western painting, returned to Shanghai to bring new kinds of painting, and also spread the art of oil painting to all parts of the country... It can be said that Shanghai is the birthplace and creative center of oil painting in China's modern history, and famous artists have emerged and left a large number of famous works. During the reform and opening up period, Shanghai oil painting further integrated And Diversified development of East and West.
How to further explore the era style of this art? The exhibition "Cross-border Era - Shanghai Oil Painting Collection" opened at Changde Art Gallery and will be on display until January 10, 2022, with a total of 12 oil paintings created by 12 representative oil painters in Shanghai, presenting a variety of styles and techniques, including Fang Shicong, Xia Baoyuan, Shen Fan, Li Xiangyang, Chen Xiao'an, Sun Liang, Chen Weide, Chen Chuan, Han Juliang, Yin Xiong, Xue Song, Tian Zhongquan, etc.
Many artists talked about cross-border development as an important aspect of artistic innovation, demonstrating beauty and the diversity of ways to create it. Such as Chen Weide's "Shanghai Lane", which outlines a lane from Urumqi South Road to Anting Road. "Usually walk when walking will often walk, the thick plane tree should have nearly a hundred years of history, and the old bungalow of the lane hall has witnessed the changes of the years, turning from the main road into the lane seems to enter another world at once, here is quiet and peaceful, let the four seasons change, as if the time is still stuck in Shanghai a hundred years ago."
Chen Xiao'an's "In the Summer" is also full of fireworks, and he is good at depicting the most common scenes on the streets in his hometown, from which he pins his own strong nostalgia and longing, and sends a deep affection in the plain, bringing beauty and enjoyment.
In addition to the style of the streets and alleys, there are also freeze-frames of character expressions. For example, in Yin Xiong's "Portrait", the characters in the painting are "new Shanghainese" from Sichuan. As a model for the first time, she has a slightly nervous expression and a stiff sitting posture, along with a lap coat and handbag, with a "traveler" atmosphere.
There are also works that convey the thinking of the process of civilization through paintings, such as Han Juliang's original intention of talking about the inspiration of "German 2C-3Z Steam Train", "The invention of power machinery is an important contribution to human civilization, modernization has this beginning, mechanical beauty itself makes the aesthetic expansion of the scope, steam locomotive appeared 160 years ago is the beginning of industrial civilization signs, it has its own formal beauty summons me to express, design drawings visually convey a point, line, surface image basic language, found the modern aesthetic value of this language, I'll just express it. ”
"What is painting?" I only know that at different stages of my life, painting used to be my kite, my rice bowl, and it was also my lover, my wine cup. Now, it's my couch. After climbing for most of my life, it turned out that it was beautiful to lie flat. peaceful. Level. placid. calm. Li Xiangyang, a national first-class artist, sent a message.
It is reported that the exhibition is sponsored by the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation Evergreen Culture Special Fund, and co-organized by Qiancai Bookstore and Shanghai Wenhua Art Studio. Since its establishment more than three years ago, the Evergreen Cultural Special Fund has hosted more than 40 cultural and artistic public welfare activities and is committed to promoting Haipai contemporary art. The long-term project is to set up an Evergreen Art Space in the "Chuangxiang 600" adjacent to Jiaotong University and East China Normal University in Minhang District, and regularly exhibit Haipai Chinese paintings and Western paintings for visits from all walks of life.
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