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——Appreciation of the paintings of Yao Jianying, a painter of gongbi
Tang Xueyuan
Painter Profile
Yao Jianying, a powerful painter of gongbi. Born in Chengdu in April 1960. His ancestral home is Dai County, Shanxi, his father is a cadre from the south, and he has been influenced by his family since childhood and loves calligraphy and painting. Especially after retirement, he systematically studied Gongbi painting from Wang Hongrong, deputy secretary-general of the Chengdu Academy of Calligraphy and Painting and a well-known Gongbi painter, and his painting skills soared, especially gongbi peony, lotus, insect bird, and won awards in calligraphy and painting exhibitions inside and outside the province for many times. His brush paintings are mainly realistic, like to use tile blue, pure white, light powder and other elegant colors, the expressive layering of the work is extremely strong, the expression technique is delicate and flexible, the layout is rigorous and elegant, giving people a tranquility, soothing, cool, idyllic beauty, the works are collected by many units and individuals.
In Chinese painting, it is not easy to paint with brush strokes, it takes a lot of effort, and it also requires the author to have deep skill and patience. However, gongbi paintings are loved by collectors for their subtlety and elegance. Yao Jianying, a powerful painter, is one of the emerging talents among the Painters of Chengdu Gongbi. Carefully reading her paintings, you can feel a sense of tranquility, freshness, but also can read that faint subtlety and mood, there is an otherworldly feeling. Her painting style is condensed, the lines are smooth and flowing, the structure is neat, rigorous and beautiful, the details are meticulous, the shape and spirit are both, and the artistic conception of the work is far-reaching.
For example, her paintings "Ling Xiao Hua", "Ling Jian Hua", "Willow Through Fish", "Hibiscus", "Calla Lily", "Birds Singing flowers", the flower branches in these works, bunches of flowers and branches, bunches of staggered and chic stretches, graceful and full of natural interest. The thrushes and bees in the work are full of spirit and the feathers are fresh and bright. She uses still flowers and branches and moving birds to form a composition of virtual reality, which should be moving and quiet, with a pen that is dashing and smooth, simple and bright, and the sense of agility is sprinkled on the paper. The birds chirped and echoed each other, reflecting the joy and liveliness, and mobilized the atmosphere of the whole picture vividly and with special interest.
Ms. Yao Jianying's works are simple and flexible in composition, full of colors and simple, and they are stable in beauty. In her pen, each flower has an extraordinary expressive posture and different flower language temperament, branches, leaves, flowers, birds harmoniously and skillfully integrated, as if whispering, and seems to be pouring out endless feelings. A bee, a butterfly, a flower, a bird, a wisp of incense, or thick or light, or elegant or delicate, or magnificent or fresh and elegant or nostalgic, all of them are telling a beautiful and charming dream. Some of her flowers are as plump as the beauty of the people, the temperament is extraordinary, and some are like the small family jasper, dressed lightly and beautifully, chuchu and moving. Everyone has the feeling of shyness and pity that looks back at the smile and smiles, and the unforgettable heart touch.
In addition to flowers and birds, Yao Jianying's female paintings are also impressive. Lady, as the name suggests. Shi, Xueye - "Sayings". There are three main explanations for ladies: 1. Palace women. 2. Chinese paintings with the theme of beautiful women. Also known as "lady of the warrior". 3. Old refers to women of aristocratic bureaucratic families. Since ancient times, China has had a poetic description of the image of a beautiful person, and the description is very vivid. For example, in "Poetry, Wei Feng, Shuo Ren": "Hands are like soft, skin is like gelatin, collar is like cockroaches, teeth are like rhinoceros, moth eyebrows, and smiles are smart!" Beautiful eyes look forward to it! "Chinese women's themes of Gongbi women's paintings have continued to develop with the development of the social era, and this has been the case in ancient and modern times. In addition, the meaning of the female refers to is gradually changing, and the contemporary meaning given to the female is "Chinese painting with beautiful women as the theme".
Yao Jianying in creation
Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese Gongbi figure painting has been passed down in its relatively primitive form, and female paintings have also been included. In the process of artistic dissemination, ancient Chinese Gongbi figure painting has the characteristics of documentary and easy to understand compared with other forms of painting, and also has a more superior dissemination. Or it can be said that ancient Chinese Gongbi figure paintings act as "cameras", such as Zhou Fang's "Picture of a Lady with Hairpin Flowers", which is a true record of the scene of noble women enjoying the flowers and visiting the garden at the turn of spring and summer. Gongbi women's paintings emphasize women's body shapes, the exquisite color portrayal and the delicate, fresh and elegant characteristics presented in the picture. Under the background of the modern diversified era, the subject matter of Gongbi Shi women's paintings, aesthetic tastes, artistic expressions, etc. have undergone great changes, and the artist's true perception of life has been more reflected in modern Gongbi female paintings, and a strong creative impulse has been generated. Modern women's paintings are compared to ancient women's paintings, and the two are complementary to each other. Ancient women's painting is the norm and basis for the development of modern women's painting, and modern women's painting is an extension and expression of the richness of ancient women's painting.
Painting is a silent language of expression. Looking at Ms. Yao Jianying's paintings of women with brush strokes, the reporter found that there are two common characteristics: First, the most vivid image depicted for the characteristics of the women's "eyebrow affection", through the depiction of the woman's facial demeanor to convey the rich inner activities of the characters, the eye-catching point is precisely here. Second, the overall facial expression of the lady shows a kind of "expressionlessness", which reflects the expression of the self-state of life: in addition to the worldly debris that disturbs, her emotions return to calm and her soul is purified.
Ms. Yao Jianying's ladies are beautiful and elegant, light makeup and high purity, or from poetry, or playing the piano, or standing, even Guanyin, fairy are also extraordinary temperament, these images always give people a beautiful and sublime feeling, has a high aesthetic value. With her skillful skills, she has gradually formed a unique rustic and elegant painting style, and her works have been exhibited many times and have been collected and selected into various collections. For example, the performance of her paintings "Si" and "Peach Thousand Trees and Flowers" is the most simple and clean, and it is a fresh and natural type of lady image. There is no complicated background background, and more emphasis is placed on the depiction of the female form. The woman's eyes contain spring water and clear waves, coupled with the slight frown of the eyebrows as if thoughtful, mainly through the delicate portrayal of the character's hair and the simplification of the character's face to create a picture of the virtual relationship, so as to pursue a quiet and quiet beauty. The goddess state in the painting of "Thought" is a state of youth and a little wandering, and a bit of an ancient and literary female image.
His heart was vast and even Guangyu listened to the thunder in the silent place. The most surprising thing for the reporter was Ms. Yao Jianying's imitation of the "Five Bull Diagram", which was quite charming.
Imitation of "Five Bulls"
As we all know, "Five Bulls" is a jute paper color painting created by the famous Tang Dynasty painter Han Di, also known as "Tang Han Tang Five Bulls", which is one of the top ten famous paintings in China, one of the few authentic paper silk paintings passed down from the Tang Dynasty, and also the oldest surviving Chinese painting on paper, which is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing. Han Di (723-787), also spelled Taichong, was a native of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi) during the Tang Dynasty. After four generations from Emperor Xuanzong to Emperor Dezong, he was the son of Han Xiu, the chancellor of the Tang Dynasty, and served as the prime minister and the envoy of the two Zhejiang Jiedushi during the Tang Dynasty, and was made the Duke of Jin. He is good at painting people and animals, writing about cattle, sheep, donkeys and other animals with vivid looks, especially painting cows "to the fullest". The cows he painted, with a real and vivid posture, have a thick and simple style.
Ms. Yao Jianying's imitation of the "Five Bulls Diagram", the whole length of one and two, on the horizontal scroll imitated five cows with different looks and personalities. From right to left, the first is an old brown cow, depicted as a feeling of tickling and itching next to the miscellaneous wood while biting things, with a leisurely attitude; the second is a black and white miscellaneous cow, with a strong body, a wagging tail, and a steady step; the third is a deep ochre old cow, with a strong bone, a longitudinal and roaring, white-billed eyebrows, and an old dragon clock; the fourth is a yellow cow, with a tall body, a steep horn, looking back; the fifth cow, standing on its head, with a rich posture, a thoughtful, and stubborn personality in its eyes. The five cows with different looks depicted in the "Five Bulls Diagram" are either walking, standing, or bowing their heads, or holding their heads high, full of dynamics.
Imitation of "Five Bulls" (partial)
In this imitation drawing, Ms. Yao Jianying outlines the outline of the cow with a thick and powerful ink line, showing the strength, composure and slow action of the cow. In particular, the intentional rendering of the cow's eyes, nose, hoof toes, hair and other parts highlights the cow's strong muscles and bones and the texture of the real fur. "Finishing touch" is the key to affecting the overall situation, Ms. Yao Jianying in the imitation painting will be appropriately exaggerated, intentional portrayal, so that the five bull pupils are shining with spirit, reaching the artistic realm of both form and god. The five cows are all bright-eyed, deep and expressive, and the cow's docile and stubborn character is vividly expressed. When the reporter looked closely, he could clearly feel that these five cows not only had life and emotions, but also had their own different inner worlds, which was a personified five cows.
"When I paint, I usually sit for a day, which is a very tempering of the will, but I enjoy this kind of fun. Each of my paintings, from the beginning to the completion, between the pen and ink, changes mercilessly, the simple look, the wordless expectation, the transcendent elegance and calmness. It seems that there is no need for words, a work, a mood, in a wordless transmission of the painter's voice, my painting, my mood, faded the youth's inexplicable and impulsive, flowing into a calm and calm. In addition to the painting, in the conversation with Ms. Yao Jianying, she told reporters so affectionately that the brush gave her the inspiration of beauty, and also gave her a full sense of achievement in her heart, which was really good.
Ms. Yao Jianying in the eyes of reporters is the kind of painter who has her own persistent pursuit and can create art in a peaceful state of mind. She is not bound by the worldly fame and fortune, not polluted by the cathartic chaos of society, not troubled by the pluralism of art and the multi-meaning of culture, but just painting her own paintings, wandering all day in the pure romantic and poetic world she has created, thinking about life, looking forward to the future, fantasizing about beauty, and there is no distraction outside the painting. This kind of simplicity, this kind of indifference, this kind of calmness, is what every one of us who rushes to vanity fair should learn well.