2022 Nong Yin Tiger is coming, all over the world are busy with the exhibition of famous tiger paintings, and now I have the honor to be invited to the art museum to watch the "Exhibition of Chinese Famous Tiger Paintings", in which Mr. Xu Moran's tiger paintings aroused my great interest in "Tiger Talk".
The tiger is known as the "king of the hundred beasts", and the tiger is a symbol of courage and strength. According to legend, the tiger can ward off evil spirits, charm, avoid disasters, and pray for the health and good fortune of the family. Throughout the history of Chinese painting, there have been many famous artists who have painted tigers in the world or who have been said to have painted tigers, and their works are either alone or tigers, or accompanied by monks, fairies and tigers, but one of them broke the boundaries of Chinese painting landscapes, flowers and birds, figures, calligraphy, oil paintings, watercolors, gouache paintings, poetry and seal engraving porcelain paintings are multi-tasking, calligraphy and painting theory is quite accomplished, with all-round and versatile strength to step on the two mountains of art and theory of the legendary figures of the contemporary Chinese painting world - Mr. Xu Moran's tiger works, both adhering to tradition, It also breaks through the motif of the subject matter, and is known as the "painting tiger" with unique ingenuity and tiger might.
Tasting the "Xiongfeng Map", a tiger lies on the top of the qingshan mountain, the ears are high, the eyes are shining, the whiskers on both sides are upturned, the tail is very long, and it is thrown backwards, like a strong and powerful long whip, and the sharp claws and teeth are tightly embedded in the ground, showing the tiger momentum of "stepping stones to leave a mark, grasping the iron with marks". The conception of the work is ingenious, playing with the child's upside-down tiger body, both innate childlike fun, but also tiger tiger has a god, more directly point to the theme of "mountain high man for the peak" "Xiongfeng Tu" meaning, the "tiger year born tiger baby to tease the tiger" and "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers" vividly expressed.
Read "Zhonghua Xiongfeng" again, Crouching Tiger is located on the peak of the mountain, with its head held high, the tiger's bones are strong, the tiger's eyes are eyeing, the wind is majestic, and it listens vigilantly to the surrounding movements, and the tiger is aggressive.
The concept of the work is unique, a teenager sits on the back of a tiger, holding a book in his hand, concentrating on thinking, and expressing the theme and temperament of "reading for the rise of China" and "the wind and clouds flying" of the teenager who is strong and the country is strong.
Enjoy "Whistling Mountains and Rivers", the tiger strides through the dangerous rocks and streams, the face is mighty, the teeth are roaring, the sound seems to be a mighty valley, the gaze is directly approaching the painting for thousands of miles, and there is quite a "high cliff before it roars, and the ravine is born on its own". The tiger's fur is soft and smooth, the markings are prominent, the bone qi is contained, the mountain streams under the feet are fierce, and the dangerous rocks are dangerous, which sets off the arrogance of the tiger that is not blocked by the predicament, and the heavens and the earth are at my disposal.
Tasting "Fu Hu", the composition is complicated and simple, without any background, and there is only a prone tiger in the visual center of the picture, which is a real test of the painter's technique and skill. Crouching Tiger is the most difficult to draw the tiger's might, but Mr. Xu Moran draws the tiger's tiger might with his piercing eyes, bone-bound whiskers, and alert movement. He also combines traditional pen and ink kung fu with the special techniques of Western painting, and the fur-colored stripes of Fuhu in his pen are vivid, both shape and spirit, and the momentum is impressive. With the self-proposed inscription "Fu Hu returns to the mountains like the wind, and the peaks and mountains are galloping." Deep in the dense forest, shi wang dao, fearful and solemn and prestigious. "The whole work is simple and rich, achieving a long artistic effect. As the saying goes: "It is difficult to draw a tiger and paint a skin." "Painting the bones of the tiger is a master, and painting the majesty of the tiger is the master of painting the tiger." Looking at Mr. Xu Moran's paintings of tigers, the traditional and modern painting ideas are integrated; the theme breaks the tradition and breaks through the modern; the technique of chinese and Western integration, so Xu Moran's tiger has both the majestic style of tiger bone Zhengzheng and tiger Weihehe, and the charm of tiger bone tenderness, showing the style of contemporary tiger painting masters.
Mr. Xu Moran: He is currently a member of the China Artists Association, a member of the Chinese Painting Art Committee, a director of the China Oil Painting Society, an advisor of the Canadian World Artists Association, a vice chairman of the China Federation of Writers and Artists, the director of the Research Center of the National Academy of Painting, a calligraphy art consultant of the Art Development Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, a director of the China International Calligraphy and Painting Art Research Association, a director of the China Yanglian Society, a national first-class artist, enjoying special allowances from the State Council, and has been named a historical celebrity of Jiangsu calligraphy and painting by the Jiangsu Provincial Government, and his artistic footprints and calligraphy and painting works 2. The Historical Hall of Fame in the Jiangsu Provincial Archives is compiled into the whole family of historical celebrities and will forever be recorded in the annals of history.
Guan Shanyun on December 30, 2021 at the National Academy of Painting of China in Beijing