There are many people who only know that Wang Ziwu's paintings are good, but in addition to those who are familiar with him, few people know that he is a person who cherishes words like gold, he is not very willing to participate in outside activities, no matter how the outside world changes, how tempting, depending on the shadow he can not ring him, always in accordance with his own life, people, and ways of doing art do their own things without hurrying, in this era of materialistic desires, and he does not even know how much money his works can know.
Self-portrait 68x45cm
In the 1970s, he inscribed a poem on his self-portrait: "Miserable business is ashamed and incompetent, and it is useless to spend money and food and cry silently." Painting no surprise painting to death does not live up to this life. It's heart-wrenching to read
In the early 1970s, in a 10-square-meter burrow in the south alley of Xi'an City, the painter Wang Ziwu's family lived. The bed slab was rolled up to serve as a picture, and he himself coughed violently while pouring out his heart with a pen.
According to the painter's later recollection, at that time, his body was extremely bad, and he was very poor on hand, and he only wanted to keep painting. Life was very difficult, but he continued to paint in the torment and embarrassment of illness.
Wang Ziwu "Guanzhong Daoshang" He grew up on Guanzhong Road, and the rich cultural heritage of Zhou Qin, Han and Tang, and the high-pitched Qin cavity of the loess slope raised him. In the 1970s, Mr. Wang Ziwu's "On the Guanzhong Road" painted three sets of carriages carrying grain, the drivers seemed to hum qin, and the birds in the sky flew together, which was quite nostalgic and poetic, and the pen and ink were also interesting.
"Black Woman" in the 1970s with ink and color copied repin oil painting "Black Woman", is the testimony of Zi Wuxi's painting skills, from Jiang Zhaohe to Wang Ziwu out of this avenue, the significance of the history of art is self-evident. Wang Ziwu moved to Shenzhen from Shaanxi in 1985 and lived a life of indifference and frugality. Although he rarely participates in any activities, he has an extraordinary influence in Shenzhen.
For many years, the old man of Prince Wu Guanzhong had pursued the attitude of "embracing simplicity and keeping one", no matter how noisy and noisy the outside world was, he was as stable as Mount Tai, living a life of his own indifferent fame and fortune, not hurried. Some reporters once said that it is not very difficult to interview Wang Ziwu, but it is impossible to do it, because he never accepts reporters from reporters and rarely attends public events. At the seminar, the 80-year-old Wang Lao rarely appeared, but maintained his usual style of silence and gold. His daughter Wang Xiaoyan revealed some of his stories. For example, he practiced three hours a day. Although there was a lot of paper for practicing writing at home, he insisted on writing over and over again on the paper he had written until the paper was written badly. Some people say that Wang Ziwu is a man without obvious labels, and he can neither find the dogma of a reader in him; he neither casually sings games with people, nor is he lonely and arrogant.
Prince Wu is wise and simple, and under the obstinate appearance is a great easy-going, great understanding, and great tolerance for people's things; his simple and even simple life and people are contained in an incomparably rich beauty, which often makes people feel as if they are simple enough to see through, and the closer they are to him, the more they feel his rich beauty, deep and broad. Wang Ziwu has a view of the art world: to keep his posthumous name. As early as the 1980s, he was famous in China, and his paintings of Huang Binhong, miners, fishermen, girls, teachers, etc., shocked the entire Chinese art world.
At that time, when huang Yongyu, a master of Chinese painting, saw Wang Ziwu's painting "Cao Xueqin Statue", he was surprised and happy, half speechless, and finally only used the word "shock" to express his inner feelings Chinese master of material painting, Jiang Zhaohe looked at Wang Ziwu's painting and said with deep feelings: "Character painting should look at Wang Ziwu, he has surpassed me." It can be seen that the masters' evaluation of the Wang clan is quite high. The stubborn character of Wang Ziwu's "Cao Xueqin Portrait" is a character that knows how to persist and persevere, and has innate concentration. An artist and a reader can only be motivated if he has concentration, and only by knowing how to persevere can he understand progress. Wang Ziwu's art is the persistence and purity of traditional Chinese culture. His persistence and stubbornness are not rigid, rigid, and passive waiting, but sober persistence and protection.
Looking back at the Chinese art world for more than 20 years, various trends and performance tricks have emerged in an endless stream, and Wang Ziwu has not been moved at all, like the peasants' feelings for the land and the sheep's feelings for the grass, he naturally adheres to the essence of China's excellent traditional culture and "embraces one for the world". For Mr. Wang Ziwu, perseverance, loneliness, loneliness, and so on are not problems, let alone unbearable, gritted teeth, resentful, and at what cost. On the contrary, it is precisely the joy of his life and art.
Prince Wu character
Prince Wuhua bird painting
Qi Bai stone statue
Zhang Daqian statue
Dialogue with Wang Ziwu, the northerners live in the south, how to paint or how to paint
Reporter: It has been nearly thirty years since you moved to Shenzhen, the north lives in the south, and the environment and atmosphere of the southern country have an impact on your artistic creation?
Wang Ziwu: How to draw or how to draw.
Reporter: Looking at the images of some of the characters you have painted, especially those of Qu Yuan, Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Dongpo, Cao Xueqin, and others, how did you feel the influence of traditional culture on you and how did you feel about them when you created statues of ancient sages?
Wang Ziwu: To paint the ancients, you have to read a lot of materials, read them many times, and slowly understand them, even their appearance at that time. Painting Cao Xueqin, I carefully read "Dream of the Red Chamber" twice.
Reporter: In addition to the elite of scholars and the figures of the past, you have also painted miners, fishermen, girls, teachers and other ordinary people, Mr. Jiang Zhaohe once said before his death, "figure painting should look at Prince Wu, he has surpassed me", then what do you think is the essence of character painting?
Wang Ziwu: Two words - conveying the gods.
Reporter: Now, many painters paint, especially freehand, basically in a few clicks. Is painting slow work or is it a random work?
Wang Ziwu: It is wrong to be fast and fast, to be slow to be slow, and to blindly seek speed or slowness. I usually draw four feet, at least in the morning. (Madame Wang: The painting is a morning, but the previous preparation and preparation will take several days!) ）
Prince Wuhua Bird
Reporter: Speaking of the Chang'an School, many people classify Cai Hezhou as the "Hai School", in fact, more people think that he should belong to the "Chang'an School".
Wang Ziwu: No matter which school it is, the key is to paint well.
Reporter: Since you were a child, you loved to paint things and suffered from no opportunities, when you were a clerk, you studied amateurly, and then you worked as an artist, etc., for a long time in non-professional or marginal positions, how do you stick to your dreams? What advice do you have for young artists and a large community of art dreamers?
Wang Ziwu: Today's young people know more than I do, and I can't say too much