On February 21, the "Jiashan - Fang Jun Art Exhibition" co-sponsored by the National Art Museum of China, the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Nanjing Academy of Arts opened at the National Art Museum of China.
This exhibition is an academic invitation series of exhibitions of the National Art Museum of China, exhibiting more than 200 Chinese paintings by Fang Jun, as well as a large number of sketches and related documents, comprehensively reviewing his artistic life.
Wu Weishan, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, director of the National Art Museum of China, and vice chairman of the China Artists Association, commented in the preface to the exhibition, "Fang Jun swims in the traditional Lingshan Daohai, feels in life, and writes about the 'family mountain' that permeates jiangnan with transparency and interest, and finds a path of self-improvement for the creation of contemporary landscapes."
A ray of oblique sunshine on the mountain, Fang Jun, 2014, 96. 92×202． 25cm, color on paper
The exhibition comprehensively displays Fang Jun's art world in four chapters: "Leaning on the South of the River", "Xintian Tour", "Western Scenery" and "Sketching".
Among them, the group paintings of "Huwan Chronicle" showing the style of Gusu, the "Four Seasons Screen of Yunshan Mountain" and "Good in the Mountains of Jiangnan" with Jiangnan style, the "Winding Moon of Northern Shaanxi" and "Narrative of Northern Shaanxi" depicting the style of northern Shaanxi, and the group painting of "Danube River in Europe" with European style are all unveiled in this exhibition. The exhibition was also strongly supported by the National Academy of Painting of China.
Legend of Chinese Landscape, Fang Jun, 2013, 200×501cm, color on paper
Yun Shan ChunShen, Fang Jun, 2011, 137.5×70 cm, color on paper
Fang Jun (1943-2020), graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing Normal University in 1965, and graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing Academy of Arts in 1981 with a master's degree in Chinese Painting. In the 40 years of teaching from art, Fang Jun has worked hard and achieved fruitful results.
Meiyu West Wing, Fang Jun, 2018, 80× 60cm, color on paper
During the exhibition, Mr. Fang Jun's family donated 38 of his works to the National Art Museum of China free of charge, which are collected by the state permanently.
The exhibition will run until March 2.
(All pictures in this article are provided by the organizer)
Editor-in-charge: Wu Min