Yang Zhoudong, male, born in August 1985, from Tai'an, Shandong, loves art and is good at flowers, birds, landscapes, characters, and calligraphy. He is currently the president of the Beijing Giant Calligraphy and Painting Institute, the president of the Beijing Oriental Art Calligraphy and Painting Institute, the fourth generation of Qi Baishi, and a member of the Shandong Provincial Artists Association. His works have been exhibited in China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, France, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Portugal and other places, and have won many awards. Yang Zhoudong is a person who loves nature, worships nature, and embraces nature with state of mind perception. His work is fresh and elegant. The dashing and flexible brushstrokes, vivid and natural appearance, full of strong vitality and emotional objects, such as a clear spring, let us shine. In addition to his busy work, Yang Zhoudong immersed himself in the study of splashing ink, reached such a high level in flower and bird painting, and dedicated such amazing works. It is due to his cultivation of understanding, aura, and talent. The artistic realm created is fresh and elegant, which not only continues the spirit of Chinese flower and bird painting, but also conforms to the aesthetic tastes of contemporary people. In Yang Zhoudong's pen, whether it is spring flowers and autumn flowers, gorgeous and colorful, or blooming hibiscus, the form is rich and full of vitality, and the lotus flowers of the sun have a poetic sense of unity of mind, which reflects the spirit of striving forward, expressing the desire for life and praising nature. Landscape painters emphasize the realm, and flower and bird painters emphasize love interest. Yang Zhoudong's art world is beautiful and magical, and the wonderful creation of nature has stimulated his creative feelings, with condensed and flexible pen and ink, describing the broad and profound connotation, his works are concise and smooth, the rules are exquisite and standardized, the portrayal is meticulous and true, and the meaning is far-reaching and timeless. Whether it is a plot or a pen and ink rendering, it shows skillful artistic skills, creatively realizes the artistic realm and expression methods, and is a natural outpouring of passion and inspiration, giving people great artistic enjoyment. Yang Zhoudong is an energetic painter with a strong sense of social responsibility. The path of art is arduous, and the future belongs to those who are eager to succeed. I firmly believe that on the road of painting art, as long as he can continue to go deep into life while creating, and temper and improve his skills in life, he will definitely go wider and wider, and go better and better.
Inherit the tradition of simplicity and elegance
Introduction to Yang Zhoudong's Chinese painting art
Art critic – Li Weishi
Born in 1985, Yang Zhoudong is an excellent young painter, his ancestral home is Tai'an, Shandong, he loved art since childhood, and later studied under Teacher Liu Xigu, and is now a member of the Shandong Provincial Artists Association, whose works have been exhibited in China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, France, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Portugal and other places, and have won many awards. Now serving as the president of the Beijing Oriental Art Calligraphy and Painting Institute, he has held art exhibitions for many painters, published albums, and done a lot of work beneficial to the art profession. Yang Zhoudong is a very enthusiastic person, warm and sincere to people, in Beijing he has contacted and helped many middle-aged and elderly painters, and everyone is willing to associate with him. Yang Zhoudong is good at flowers and birds, landscapes, and calligraphy. His paintings are very traditional genes of Chinese painting, elegant and popular, simple and beautiful.
▲ "Idle Garden Walking" by Yang Zhoudong
First, he loves to paint wonderful flowers and birds, his flowers and birds paint atmospheric, simple, beautiful, give people the enjoyment of beauty, inherit positive energy, have a sense of sunshine. Second, he pays attention to pen and ink, there are pens and inks, and the colors are gorgeous, which makes people feel auspicious. In the painting "Fu Shou Man Tang", nine large immortal peaches are full of vitality, the peach leaves are depicted with hook lines, and the trunks are dyed with dry pens, the contrast is clear, and the theme is prominent. Third, he is good at using blank space and directly painting flowers and birds in a clean space, which fully reflects the characteristics of Chinese painting. From Yang Zhoudong's paintings, we can see the genes of the art master Qi Baishi, which is a significant feature of Chinese painting that distinguishes it from foreign oil paintings. Fourth, Yang Zhoudong's calligraphy is also well written, and the combination of poetry, books, paintings and printing is also another feature of Yang Zhoudong's painting. This feature is certainly not Yang Zhoudong's originality, but he inherits this feature of Chinese painting. The genes of Chinese painting cannot be changed, and no one can change them. Yang Zhoudong is good at inheriting the tradition and retains the genes of Chinese painting, which is very valuable. As early as a few decades ago, Picasso said to Zhang Daqian: "What I don't understand the most, why did you Chinese run to Paris to study art?" He also said, "In this world, when you talk about art, the first thing is that you Chinese have art." Chang Shuhong's teacher told Chang Shuhong: "The real center of world art is not in Paris, but in your Country, China's Dunhuang is the biggest treasure house of world art!" From these remarks, we can see the special charm of traditional Chinese culture and its influence on the world. Therefore, we must fully respect traditional culture.
▲ "Gao Jie" by Yang Zhoudong
Yang Zhoudong's paintings of flowers and birds have taken a gratifying step in inheriting traditional Chinese culture. I sincerely congratulate him on continuing to work along this path, which will surely achieve more fruitful results. If young painters want to succeed, it is not enough to rely on determination and hard work, and if they do not choose the general direction and goal of success, even the best wishes are difficult to achieve. Therefore, young painters must choose the general direction and the big goal. The general direction and big goal chosen by Yang Zhoudong are correct, and I wish him perseverance, excellence, and continuous improvement. Written on April 20, 2020 Author: Li Weishi (Member of China Artists Association, President of Hebei Art Theory Research Association, Vice President of Hebei Provincial Old Professor Calligraphy and Painting Institute, Professor and Master Tutor of Hebei Normal University School of Fine Arts, Librarian of Hebei Provincial Government Museum of Culture and History)
▲ "Wind and Sun Beauty" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Crane Wanglan" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Heavenly Fun" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Grapes" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Songmei Evergreen" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Song Crane Evergreen" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "XianTao" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Fruitful" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Rich Peony" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Plum Blossom" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "More than one year in a row" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Fish Paradise" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Qing Yun" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Songhe Yannian" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Fu Shou Man Tang" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Fish Music Diagram" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Four Screens of Plum Blossoms" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Chang'e Fairy" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Qi Tian Dasheng" Works by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Jiangshan Qingyuan Map" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Hui Feng and Chang" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Tranquility and Distance" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Houde Carrier" by Yang Zhoudong
▲ "Short Song Line" by Yang Zhoudong