Many people may not know that Master Qi Baishi greatly admired the ancient Xu Wei, and once said that he was eager to visit the door three hundred years early, and the lines of his flower and bird paintings also absorbed the essence of Xu Wei. Now, I have found a master who has a special love for Xu Wei, and after a long period of experience, his paintings have reached a level comparable to those of his predecessors, and he is the contemporary calligrapher and painter and the founder of Nebula Atlas, Teacher Dayu.
We can take a look at the "Twelve Screens of Landscape and Water" written by Teacher Da Yu to qi Baishi.
In this group of works, the similarity between the two has reached a nearly perfect degree, and each one seems so clean and concise. Teacher Dayu uses simple lines to construct mountains, trees, water, houses, etc., and the painting technique alone can be said to be comparable to Qi, and it is more modern and more in line with Xu Wei's abstract representationism. On the whole, the ink of Teacher Dayu's paintings is heavier, and the next stroke is like a god, and the strength penetrates the back of the paper, showing confidence in himself.
For example, this painting "People on the River", using simple lines to outline the house, so that the viewer can think of the scene at a glance, and the same is true of the mountain, the two paintings in the brushwork of the hook, dot, splash, wrinkle, etc., are all in one go. Simple but so similar, such as the bridge and the old man, does not achieve the shape, but between the pen and ink to let the viewer get another sense of beauty, extending the viewer's imagination. It is worth mentioning that the ink of the great fool teacher is heavier, expressing the noon jiangshang people's home, which is clearer and clearer, while Qi Baishi's more hazy is more like the river people in the morning or evening. It can be said that the great fool teacher added his own characteristics to the copy, which is more in line with the aesthetics of modern people, and is similar to the original work in form.
Another example is this "Cedar Tree Platform", which can be said to be a difficult work for the painter in the processing of lines, not only is the fir tree sketched by many lines, but the treatment of the grass is also very demanding on the ink, and if you do not pay attention, it is a clump of dead ink. Teacher Dayu paints the fir trees differently in its treatment, with different heights, fats, and thinness, while Qi Baishi is not, and from this point of view, Teacher Dayu is more changeable in content.
Zoom in and look closely, the big fool teacher in the grass from the processing is richer, more details, which in the technical requirements are higher, especially in the edge of the treatment, a lack of attention will be heavier with ink, and if it is not in one go, there will be a sense of stagnation, so the details see kung fu, the big fool teacher this point does not lose the old man of baishi, and even surpassed.
Xu Wei admires the spirit and god-likeness, pays attention to the use of simple lines and pen and ink, showing things, so that people can see what it is at a glance, and can leave room for imagination after viewing, this abstraction has become a symbol of Chinese painting. Most of the latecomers take this as a benchmark, but how to use simple pen and ink to outline things, in addition to diligent study and hard work, but also have an observant eye, as well as a certain talent.
Teacher Dayu is not only talented in this regard, but also has a heart of fame and fortune, and the pursuit of artistic perfection is his goal. Qi Baishi is a big person, and has reached such a height as the altar, but such a height is not incomparable or surpassed, otherwise the traditional Chinese art of calligraphy and painting will only stagnate. It is precisely in this way that the great fool copied the twelve screens of this landscape, on the one hand, to experience the spirit of the brushwork of the predecessors, on the other hand, to show his skillful painting processing skills, but also to add his own style characteristics, so that the god-like place and the changeable line content beyond the predecessors, so that the viewer gets a different feeling. Of course, there is actually no need to compare calligraphy and painting, because their paintings have been integrated into their own characteristics, into their respective personalities and insights, so they are unique works, which can be appreciated and learned by future generations to surpass.
Dayu, the number of the void, the founder of traditional Chinese brushwork, nebula chart. His pen is like a seal, washed and dignified, vigorous and powerful, in the line of rigorous pen, there is a long and horizontal interest, is committed to exploring the brush and ink scholars related to calligraphy and painting; the wind of Xu Wei in the Ximing Dynasty, studying the unique painting style of Huang Binhong's "five strokes and seven inks", exploring the collision of traditional pen and ink and cosmic nebula, and creating a new field of National painting style of Nebula Map; its representative works are: 18-meter astonishing long volume "New Fuchun Mountain Residence Map", 12 square meters of huge "Wanfeng Qifeng Map", traditional pen and ink "Pseudo-Huangshan Tangkou", "Qiu Hong", innovative nebula map series "Ten Square Space", "Ten Square Space". Pillar of Creation", "Lost", etc.