The surging news learned that the "High Branches are Fruitful - Wu Changshuo Art Heritage Exhibition" was recently exhibited in the Shanghai Trust Bund 111 Art Space, the exhibition is based on the golden stone calligraphy and painting art inheritance of Haipai Wumen IV in the past hundred years, collecting more than 80 paintings, calligraphy, seal carvings and related documents of Wu Changshuo and Wu's descendants, comprehensively showing the haipai calligraphy and painting and haipai culture contained in the haina hundred rivers, advancing with the times national temperament and the spirit of the times.
Wu Changshuo (1844-1927)
Wu Changshuo has a very high attainment in the four major fields of "poetry, books, paintings and printing", and dominates the world with "four perfections of integration". This exhibition exhibits 21 fine works of calligraphy and paintings and 13 pieces of seal engraving seals and yantais of Mr. Wu Changshuo, whose works span the artistic creation career of the master for more than 60 years, and at the same time exhibits more than 20 precious documents such as Mr. Wu Changshuo's personal letters, poems, ledgers, etc., comprehensively restoring the real life state and artistic concept of the master.
Wu Changshuo inscribed the portrait scroll of Yi Wang Zhen in collaboration with Miao Weng
Wu Changshuo's descendant Wu Yue (1st from the left) is guided on the spot
Wu Changshuo's paintings, with their painterly nature, painting interest, and painting style such as tender gold, Xiu Tie, Gu Teng, and Lao Ke, suddenly frustrated nature, and penetrated the back of the paper, when he waved to the point where his expression drifted, vividly showing that "painting to the extreme is to write, writing to the extreme is to paint", rising to the realm of no difference, and in modern times, he established the epoch-making "Miaolu School". Taking the "Wind Bamboo Diagram" exhibited for the first time as an example, Mr. Wu Changshuo uses the brushwork of the golden wrong knife to write bamboo leaves in thick ink and paint bamboo branches in light ink, perfectly showing the rigidity, flexibility, toughness and upward posture of bamboo in his hometown. In the side oblique out of the bamboo branches and bamboo leaves, thousands of angles are born, accompanied by the blank space of the upper and lower two diagonals, the virtual reality is born, and the yin and yang are harmonious, so that the composition of the painting reaches a dangerous situation.
Wu Changshuo Wind bamboo diagram
Wu Changshuo Red Li Chart Axis
Wu Changshuo's calligraphy, pen with changfeng, paper Xishengxuan, Gu Maoxiongxiu, when the stone drum text is the highest achievement, melting the bells, pottery, stele script of the past in the middle. The "Seal Scroll" exhibited this time is considered to be the earliest wu Changshuo calligraphy work found so far, with a distinct Deng Shiru seal book style, which is Mr. Wu Changshuo's first study of seal book. Fine works such as "Stone Drum Literary Axis", "Seal Book Eight Words Lian", "Seal Book "Poetry Classic, Tianbao" Poetry Axis" and so on, are suddenly frustrated and brilliant, and the golden stone atmosphere is like a beautiful atmosphere, showing Mr. Wu Changshuo's superb stone drum calligraphy skills at the peak of his art.
Wu Changshuo "Seal Scroll"
Wu Changshuo sent a letter to the third son, Wu Dongmai Xinza
Wu Changshuo's seal carving, deeply rooted in the late Qing Dynasty, gradually peeped at the taikoo with pig iron, carved a dry blunt knife, drove away the stone bones, chaotic head and coarse clothes, and filled with true strength, creating a new appearance in the field of seal carving, which was steep and clumsy, the force was heavy, the spirit was strong, the spirit was strong and the emotion was long, and Wu Changshuo was also the first president of the Xiling Seal Society. This exhibition selects 12 seals of Wu Changshuo, including the common seals of masters such as "Miaoji", "Wu Junqing", "Luo Lu Lord" and "Miao Weng", which can be appreciated together with the stamps on the calligraphy and painting works on display at the same time.
Wu Changshuo carved bell-shaped bricks from The Beginning of Tai
"The tall branches are thick, and the mountain rain is falling. When bai yu tang, cui pan recommended golden fruit. This classic inscription poem by Mr. Wu Changshuo also reflects the inheritance and development of Wumen art over the past hundred years. This exhibition concentrates 28 fine works of calligraphy and painting by the three generations of Wumen after Wu Changshuo, which not only reflects their artistic achievements in passing on their pen and ink and continuing to follow the martial arts, but also shows the new exploration, new development and new appearance of Haipai Wumen in the new era.
Wu Dongmai Seal Scroll Fengqiao Night Berth
"Bitter iron painting qi does not paint shapes" and "directly from the calligraphy method", this is Wu Changshuo's summary of his own painting achievements, but also his requirements for the descendants. Wu Dongmai, as the younger son of Mr. Wu Changshuo, inherits the appearance of his works from his father, the style is heavy and old, and the calligraphy seal carving is part-time, which obtains his father's golden stone qi and reveals grace in the golden stone sonorous. Wu Changye is the young grandson of Mr. Wu Changshuo, since childhood Chenghuan's knees, deeply favored by his grandfather, young Chengting training, good at writing flowers, pen and ink smooth. Especially after the reform and opening up, Wu Changye's works have become more enthusiastic and unrestrained, full of the atmosphere of the era of "thriving and thriving".
Wu Changye White Goose Wisteria Chart Axis
"The body of the changeable, the spirit of the unchanging." The exhibition also selects the calligraphy and painting works of Wu Youfei, Zheng Hanjian, Wu Chao and Wu Yue, descendants of the contemporary Wu men IV. Among them, Wu Youfei's pen and ink pursue artistic conception, the pen is elegant and light, the atmosphere is vivid, and the flowers in the pen are quite interesting. Zheng Hanjian's pen and ink are smooth, the painting style is solemn, the works are thick and simple, the atmosphere is extraordinary, and the Hanmo Danqing is held at the same time. Wu Chao specializes in calligraphy, inherits the essence of Calligraphy, and uses the Qin Seal Stone Drum Line to form his own unique style of writing in various calligraphy styles. Wu Yue specializes in painting, especially with flowers and fruits such as Lingxiao, Wisteria, Rhododendron, Pomegranate, Loquat and so on, and the composition and color are bright and thick.
Miao Weng embraced the three generations of "five children" Wu Changye
Wu Youfei's hometown mountain shoot map
Zheng Hanjian Pomegranate diagram
Wu Chao is difficult to walk
Wu Yue Ling Xiao chart axis
According to the organizers, through the planning of "Tall Branches and Solid - Wu Changshuo Art Heritage Exhibition", Bund 111 Art Space hopes to restore the traditional culture of Wu Changshuo era and the artistic creation situation of the constant impact of new ideas, show how The masters of Haipai have shaped traditional artistic elements and aesthetic ideals into unique artistic styles and customs, and cultivated and influenced many modern art masters such as Qi Baishi and Pan Tianshou. Wu Changshuo's descendants are also deeply inherited by the family style, and the next four generations are committed to the dissemination and education of Chinese art, passing on the fruits of traditional Chinese culture from generation to generation.
Exhibition posters
It is reported that the exhibition will last until February 25, 2022. In order to meet the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, the advance reservation system is adopted for offline visits. (Reservation URL: https://develop.shanghaitrust.com/weichatV1/app/activity/weixin.html.) ）