Han Zhimo
Professor of Shanxi University, master tutor, member of the Communist Party of China, former dean of the School of Fine Arts of Shanxi University. Born in 1944 in Xiaoyangquan Village, Yangquan City, his ancestral home is Pingding County, Shanxi. In the 1960s, he was admitted to the Fine Arts Department of Shanxi University and obtained a bachelor's degree. After graduation, until the end of the 1970s, he worked as an artist at the Xiyang County Cultural Center and the Jinzhong Exhibition Hall, and later entered the factory as a worker and officer. In the 1980s, he was transferred back to his alma mater to teach. He has served as the director of the Oil Painting Research Office, the deputy director of the Fine Arts Department, and the vice dean for many years. He is currently a member of the China Artists Association, a director of the China Oil Painting Society, the vice chairman and consultant of the Shanxi Provincial Artists Association, the researcher of the Shanxi Provincial Literary Association Art Creation Center, the president of the Shanxi Oil Painting Society, the vice president of the Shanxi Art Research Association, the member of the Shanxi Provincial Book Association, etc., and also a part-time professor and visiting professor of Datong College, Jinzhong College, Lvliang College, Xinzhou College, Changzhi College, Yangquan Vocational and Technical College and other colleges.
"Ancient Castle Dawn" Oil on canvas 50cm×60cm 2010
Mainly engaged in oil painting teaching and creation, in addition to oil painting, he is also involved in comic strips, propaganda posters, illustration creation, etc. His creative works have participated in the 6th and 9th large-scale art exhibitions, the first national oil painting exhibition, the first and second national still life painting exhibitions, the national teachers' art works exhibition, the Singapore contemporary Chinese oil painting exhibition, the Hong Kong and Taiwan Chinese art works exhibition and the Shanxi Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition, etc., and won the first, second and third prizes and excellence awards many times.
In 2010, his oil painting "Dry Rhyme" won the Excellence Award in the National Excellent Fine Art Exhibition of the Ninth China Art Festival and was commended and encouraged by the Shanxi Provincial Department of Culture. In 2014, the oil painting "Mother" was selected for the national "My Land and My People" oil painting exhibition, and participated in the National Teachers' Art Works Exhibition and won the Excellence Award. The oil painting "Zhuangyuan" was selected for the 6th National Art Exhibition and won the Excellence Award for exhibition at the National Art Museum of China.
His main representative works include oil paintings "Zhuangyuan", "Echo of Ancient Yuan", "Yungang Tower Pillar", "Spring and March", "Sour Slippery", "Mother"; he has created and published many comic strips, such as "The Secret of the Snowman", "Watching Qiannu", "The First Plane", "The Gunshot of Wutai Mountain" and so on.
《Sunflower Field》Oil on canvas 65cm×90cm 2010
Sketching, always on the road
——Several experiences of the creation method of oil painting realism
The term "sketching" is explained in the Concise Art Dictionary published by the Heilongjiang People's Publishing House as follows: "Directly depicting according to the actual object is called sketching." He also pointed out that it is an important way for beginners to learn painting, a basic means to exercise painting skills, and an important method for the expression of still life painting, landscape painting and portrait painting. In fact, the development of Western oil painting to the fifteenth century, oil painting by the Flanders painter Van Aike brothers invented, oil painting sketching has always been accompanied by the development of oil painting art, and has become an indispensable form of oil painting art. In the nearly one hundred years of history of Western oil painting into China, in the 1920s and 1930s, painters who returned from studying in the West and Japan, such as Yan Wenliang, Xu Beihong, Wei Tianlin, etc., most of the oil painting works brought back belong to the sketching works, even in the 1950s, the Russian painter Maximov hired by the Central Academy of Fine Arts held the course setting, a large amount of time is also in the indoor and outdoor portraits, male and female human bodies, landscapes, still life sketching and other basic training, which shows the importance of sketching in oil painting teaching.
"One of the Rhymes of Withering", Oil on canvas, 80cm×75cm, 2007
When sketching is trained to a certain extent, it naturally transitions to the creative stage. What is creation? It is the creation of works of art. That is to say, to think about, process, summarize, refine, and create works of art with typical significance, including sketched characters and environmental data. There is no ready-made thing here that can be copied and imitated, and a large number of things must be obtained by on-site sketching, and even in the production of works, it must be copied according to real people to be completed step by step. Of course, a successful creation simply relies on solid modeling skills is not enough, but also to learn the aesthetic ideas obtained in painting sketching, aesthetic awareness, aesthetic orientation, aesthetic judgment to give full play to your image thinking and rich imagination, etc., you may succeed, it can be said that the modeling skills and expressiveness of oil painting can only be obtained through sketching.
Still Life II, Oil on canvas, 63cm×70cm, 1995
Sketching is a form of oil painting with independent aesthetic value that has developed with the growth of oil painting art. In the creation of oil painting oil painting relies on the support of sketching, and the need to improve its own artistic life with the need to create oil painting, although now with the development of high technology, some aspects can replace sketching and completion, but the spiritual emotions and ideas are irreplaceable, after all, whether the work of art is created or sketched is the spiritual product of thought and emotion, separated from this important artistic essence, your creation and sketching will not have much vitality. Therefore, the sketching of oil painting is always on the road.
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"Alley Slanting Sun" Oil on paper stick 40cm×30cm, 1983
Portrait of a Female College Student, Oil on canvas, 72cm×52cm, 1992
"Girl in National Costume", oil on canvas, 66cm×87cm, 1990
Heart Song, Oil on canvas, 60cm×80cm, 1992
"Mother", oil on canvas, 84cm×102cm, 1997
"Spring march" Oil on canvas 80cm× 90cm, 1990
"Oriental Girl" Oil on canvas 50cm×59cm, 1987
"Self-Possessed Chess Music", oil on canvas, 90cm×60cm, 2006
"Echoes of the Ancient Garden" Oil on canvas 134cm×114cm, 1994
Oil on canvas 180cm×90cm, 1984
Awe sketch
Han Zhimo/Wen
People with a little art knowledge know that before learning to draw, you must start by learning to draw and think that drawing is the foundation of the introduction to plastic arts.
In the middle of the nineteenth century, the famous Russian art educator Cheschakov said that "drawing is the foundation of all plastic arts", emphasizing the importance of learning good drawing, looking at the development history of Russian art academies for more than two hundred years, the art education that has long been formed has formed a teaching pattern formed by combining sketch teaching and creation, cultivating master-level oil painters such as Repin, Surikov, Serov, etc. To this day, they are still adhering to the fine tradition of drawing teaching with realism, and for the young talents of the time to become future artists. The painter provides the possibility to standardize the orderly, rigorous and serious teaching style, so as to gradually improve the students' sketching skills and skills.
Old man's head 45cm×35cm, 2001
Of course, the value of the study and research of drawing is not only reflected in this, but also as an artist, the artistic qualities, endowments and talents possessed by the painter will also be continuously enlightened and discovered in the stage of learning sketching, while on the other hand, the aesthetic consciousness, judgment, and aesthetic orientation of a young artist gradually formed on the road of research are constantly enriched and improved with the continuous growth of artists and painters.
Old miner 66cm × 51cm 1985
Therefore, I think that drawing is not only an introductory course, but also a training course with great craftsmanship, skills and skills, but also a learning course that stimulates enthusiasm for learning and enlightens image thinking, so drawing is the cornerstone of painting and art, and it is also a necessary bridge for a painter to achieve his career, so we are in awe of drawing. As the saying goes, heaven rewards diligence, as long as you have a love for art, a persistent heart, and a certain talent, I believe that heaven will not fail people with hearts!
Bust of an old farmer 70cm × 51cm, 1985
Bust of a young man 77cm×54cm, 1986
Bazaar Old Farmer 75cm × 52cm 1985
Portrait of a farmer in Henan, 43cm×36cm, 1989
Miner Huo Shou'an 45cm×34cm 1996
Makeup female model 72cm×51cm, 1986
Profile of Ji Jinxiang 48cm×34cm, 1996
Liu Ruixiang 45cm×34cm, 1999
Young man's head 42cm×35cm, 1986
Man's head 45cm × 35cm 1986
Bust of a young woman 72cm × 51cm, 1986
Agriculture 01
Agriculture 02
Xiyang blooming Dazhai flowers Group painting 04
Xiyang blooming Dazhai flowers Group painting 05
Xiyang blooming Dazhai flowers Group painting 06
Xiyang blooming Dazhai flowers Group painting 07
Xiyang blooming Dazhai flowers group painting 08
Xiyang blooming Dazhai flowers Group painting 09
Winter's Whispers 21cm × 29cm 2005
Xishuangbanna sketch 1 21cm× 29cm 1988
Xishuangbanna sketch 2 21cm× 29cm 1988
Banna House Secluded 21cm× 29cm 1988
Dai Family Bamboo Building 21cm×29cm 1988
Xishuangbanna Grass House 21cm × 29cm, 1988