Golden stone seal carving master Hongzheng's Guangdong Sea Seal Edge 3
Lai Shaoqi is one of the leaders of contemporary Chinese painting
Chen Jiaji
The painter, calligrapher and seal engraver Lai Shaoqi was Xiao Yin's revolutionary comrade-in-arms throughout his life. He once wrote the title of Xiao Yin's work, and after Xiao Yin's death, he wrote an inscription for Xiao Yin's statue.
Lai Shaoqi himself was very fond of seal engraving and was a member of the Xiling Printing Society. He admired Hongzheng's seal carving anecdotes very much, and once wrote an inscription for Hongzheng's "Wangyuelou Seal Collection" (below):
Xiao Yin once introduced Hongzheng to carving two idle seals for Lai Shaoqi, one side was "Iron Stone" and the other was "Jin Rong".
In 1982, when Lai Shaoqi was in Changsha, Hunan Province, Hongzheng carved the above-mentioned two-party idle seal and personally gave it to Lai Shaoqi.
Hongzheng mentioned these two chapters in a letter to Xiao Yin on July 12, 1982
In a letter to Xiao Yin on July 12, 1982 (pictured above), Hongzheng mentioned the two seals: "It was day and night that the seals of the two parties were engraved for Lai Lao, because he was going to set off early the next morning, and he was satisfied with his life."
Hongzheng is Lai Shao's carved two-party idle chapter "Iron Stone" and "Jin Rong"
The seals of these two idle chapters were included in Hongzheng's book "Modern Writers and Artists' Prints".
Lai Shaoqi later used this "iron stone" medallion (below) in his paintings.
A Painting of Lai Shaoqi's "Momei" auctioned at the autumn auction of the 12th anniversary of Beijing Poly
The picture above is a Painting of Lai Shaoqi's "Momei" auctioned at the autumn auction of the 12th anniversary of Beijing Poly on 2017-12-16
Knowledge: There are ten plums in the isolated mountain pavilion in my county, and it is said that the immortal hand plant is planted. Every time the flower is spent, it will be appreciated on its side. Now guest Yangzhou, if the number of cold insects. The wall household does not come out, reminiscing about the style, he freeze to write this, still without losing its ancient appearance also. Hate no Xue family brushwork, add paintings of the six cranes in the left and right ears. After the painting, a poem was inscribed: Yan Shui sheng ice ink is half dry, painting plums must be painted late to cold. The tree has no ugly incense stained sleeves, and does not love flowers to see. In June of the year of Ying Yin, he used Jin Nong's brush to paint in the Shahe Bitter Melon Garden, lai shaoqi remembered.
Inscription: Lai Shaoqi, Shuyi, Iron Stone, Lai Shaoqi's Seventy Returns to His Hometown, Hastily
The "Iron Stone", an idle chapter on the middle right side of the painting, is exactly what Hongzheng carved for Lai Shao (see picture below).
In the middle of the painting, the idle chapter "Iron Stone" on the right side is exactly what Hongzheng carved for Lai Shao
Appendix: Lai Shaoqi Profile
Lai Shaoqi (1915-2000), a native of Puning City, Guangdong Province, was one of the leaders of the Chinese contemporary painting scene, known as the "Sage of the Art World" and known as the "Chinese Painter" in Japan. His original technique of "pressing black with white" made him the main founder of the new Emblem school of printmaking.
After liberation, he successively served as the secretary of the party group of the East China Artists Association, the chairman of the Anhui Provincial Artists Association, the vice chairman of the China Plate Painters Association, the vice chairman of the Shanghai Artists Association, the honorary vice chairman of the Guangdong Artists Association, and the vice chairman of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Mr. Lai Shaoqi is an outstanding revolutionary literary and art fighter, and a famous master of calligraphy and painting in contemporary China. He has long served as the chairman of the Provincial Artists Association and the Provincial Book Association, and has been a member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, a standing director of the China Artists Association and the Book Association, a member of the Chinese Writers Association, and a member of the Xiling Printing Society. In 1996, he was awarded the Lu Xun Printmaking Award. (Excerpt from Lai Shaoqi's entry in Baidu Encyclopedia)
Hangzhou Xiling Printing Society ShanChuan Yulu Library before there is a "Stone Pavilion", which was built in 1912 by Ye Weiming, one of the founders of Xiling Printing Society, and is one of the buildings in the initial period of Xiling Printing Society. The pavilion is the title of Lai Shao, the second director of the Xiling Printing Society, which means "to make friends with the golden stone".
Along with Lai Shaoqi's seal carving art is his friendship with many famous seal engravers, which can be seen from his collection. Among the 161 seal engraving works in Lai Shaoqi's collection, in addition to 14 ancient seal engraving works, the rest are all modern and contemporary Seal engraving works, including Qi Baishi, Wang Geyi, Chen Zifen, Fang Jiekan, Chen Julai, Fu Baoshi, Qian Junkui, Ye Luyuan, Tang Yun, Huang Yanghui, Zhang Renxi, Xie Menu, Ren Shubo, as well as Han Tianheng, Xiong Boqi, Wu Zijian, Wang Yong, Tong Yanfang, etc. The stars are brilliant, which can be described as the epitome of the history of the development of seal carving in New China. (Excerpt from Art Weekly, August 18, 2019, "Lai Shaoqi's Friendship with the Golden Stone of the Seal Carver")