With the tranquility of a lonely tree, the coldness of cold ice, the recklessness of snow, the coolness of his feelings, and the light words of holding the snow of the tree, he has formed a painting style full of spirit in the atmosphere, full of clarity in the majesty, and deep and soft in the cold arrogance. The original ink poplar painting technique is called "Ji's painting method" in the industry. His poplars, which are vigorous, simple, majestic and spicy, are highly praised by famous artists and people from all walks of life, and are known as the contemporary "first person of ink poplar".
Ji Youquan, a military painter who has studied and graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts and the Central Academy of Fine Arts (Weibo), is a national first-class artist, a member of the China Artists Association, a member of the China Gongbi Painting Society, a visiting scholar of Tsinghua University, a doctoral supervisor and a visiting professor of many colleges and universities. His artistic achievements have been interviewed and reported by CCTV, China People's Radio, People's Daily, China Daily, People's Liberation Army Daily, Fine Arts Daily and other media. He has donated works to the masses and charities in the disaster area for many times, and is known as "Artist of Virtue and Art".
Ji Youquan was born in Jilin, a country of ice and snow, and his mother is a well-known artist in his hometown. From a young age, under the careful guidance of his mother, Ji Youquan learned many arts such as painting and calligraphy, and then graduated from the "Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts" and "Central Academy of Fine Arts", and the study experience of the famous school classes laid a solid foundation for Ji Youquan's later artistic career.
Ji Youquan devoted himself to the creation of landscape and ice painting in the early days, and was quite experienced and accomplished. Until 1998, a chance trip let Ji Youquan meet the poplar, the poplar grows in the harshest environment in the desert, it is windproof and sand fixing, the saline land is still deeply rooted, longevity for thousands of years, defending the ecological environment of the frontier, perseverance and tenacity.
Ji Youquan was overwhelmed by the tenacious vitality of poplar growing in the desert! On this trip, Hu Yang became the entanglement of Ji Youquan's heart and mind, and he was determined to paint Hu Yang and record Hu Yang with the art form of Oriental ink painting, so that the spiritual will of Hu Yang spread in all directions, becoming a national force and eternal inheritance.
Ji Youquan's painting has been 22 years, he has walked into the desert more than 40 times, accumulated nearly 10,000 paintings, and piled up nearly a few feet high! It can be said that it is bloody, overshadowed, and finally achieved! He broke through the shackles of his predecessors, integrated Chinese and Western art, and created a new ink technique of "refuting ink method" and "flying white bullet point method" with unique personal artistic characteristics.
Ink and ink are written on rice paper, and his works present a majestic, majestic, romantic and magnificent atmosphere, and the soul of the nation is fully displayed, highlighting the extraordinary artistic quality and skill! Ink poplar opened a precedent, and Ji Youquan was known as "the first person in China's ink poplar".
Nima Zeren, vice chairman of the Sixth China Artists Association, commented on Ji Youquan that "the poplar tree does not die for a thousand years, does not fall for a thousand years, and is immortal for a thousand years, and this spirit symbolizes the spirit of the Chinese nation for five thousand years." Ji Youquan has always insisted on going deep into the desert, repeatedly observing and speculating on the poplar, and drawing out its spirit, singing the praises of the times and praising life, which is worth learning. ”
Di Shaoying, vice chairman of the Shanxi Artists Association, commented on Ji Youquan's works: "Works that reflect the spirit of the times are immortal throughout the ages, and Mr. Ji Youquan uses his brush to integrate the spirit of poplar with the spirit of contemporary humanity, and embodies the spirit of poplar for thousands of years." ”
Zheng Bojin, vice president of the Shenyang Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, commented on Ji Youquan: "He is the first person in China to paint with ink poplar, and to this extent, from the perspective of his technique, it should be quite high-level." ”
Ji Youquan's ink paintings depict poplars throughout the ages, continue to spread the soul of the nation, open up history, and write a strong stroke for the history of Chinese art.