He was born in the family of scholars, studied calligraphy and painting at an early age, studied in the art department of National Central University, the top institution of learning in China in the 1930s, and was fortunate to be taught by Xu Beihong, Zhang Shuxu, Chen Zhifo and other masters, thus laying a solid foundation for painting; he practiced Chinese and Western double cultivation, informal, strong and vigorous penmanship, fresh and strong composition, strong lines, vivid ink, vivid flowers and birds in his pen, flexible and colorful; his paintings do not see axe chisel marks, natural and natural, interesting, revealing the indifference and elegance of beauty. Full of the fragrance of earth and the breath of life, it gives people a refreshing feeling. He is the father of Wu Yin, a famous chinese flower and bird artist.
Wu Yin's father "A singing rooster is white"
The rooster sang the world white, and it was time to smell the chicken dancing. Wu Yin's father's painting of chicken is a must in the contemporary painting world, and his chicken is full of vigor and heroism, which highlights the spiritual symbol of penetrating the back of the paper while not losing the taste of life, and has distinct characteristics of the times. In this painting, a plump rooster leads the neck to sing, the mountain stone is abrupt and powerful, the flower color is fresh and messy, the overall picture is interesting, natural and natural, the majesty of the chicken and the subtle elegance of the flowers and plants are integrated, converging on the inside, the momentum is on the outside, and it has a different meaning. In addition, the most worth tasting is the sense of strength revealed by this work, the structure and lines of grass, trees, mountains and stones are thick and powerful, and the posture of the rooster standing is firm and powerful, and the thick power of this life makes people feel excited from the bottom of their hearts, feel the profundity of life, and be grateful for the divine work of nature's creation.
Wu Yin's father is good at painting chickens and is particularly diligent, thanks to years of pen cultivation, the painting skills are particularly exquisite. The chicken in his pen better inherits the characteristics of the traditional painting style with accurate shape and realistic form, and the main body of the picture is depicted in detail, delicate and vivid, and the pen and ink are vivid and highlight the spirituality. At the same time, Wu Yin's father painted chickens, the picture is often supplemented by flowers and grass, mountains and stones, so that the composition of the flower and bird paintings are often heavy and strong, although it is based on thick and bold, but also with a strong interest in life, and he will have a deep foundation in jinshi calligraphy and poetic cultivation into the painting, boldly using strong colors, creating a unique ancient, gorgeous and majestic painting style, overflowing with literary atmosphere and natural wilderness, in order to achieve the artistic effect of elegant and popular appreciation.
Wu Yinfu's "Peace"
When Wu Yinfu was studying in the Art Department of CUHK, he studied with Zhang Shuxu, the famous flower and bird painter who was the "first person to paint pigeons in ancient and modern times", and was deeply impressed by his flower and bird techniques. This painting of "Peace" can be described as quite the charm of Zhang Shuxu's blend of color and ink, fresh and beautiful painting style. In the painting, several pigeons are foraging among the grass, full of the freedom and agility of life, and then a landscape of flowers and leaves, fruits, although the pen and ink are concise, but the shape and spirit are both, the style is fresh, the artistic conception is far-reaching, and the charm of the "pigeon" portrayed through different angles gives people a sense of tranquility and beauty. And its often in the picture as a foil for plum blossoms, peach blossoms, wisteria, etc., the color is very elegant, a flower and a bird, are full of grand righteousness, full of freedom, cheerfulness, and a beautiful yearning for guotai and people's security and world peace.
Wu Yinfu's freehand paintings are atmospheric and bold, deep in the meaning of traditional ink painting, spontaneous and meaningful, unique and interesting, whether it is clear, elegant, or dignified, thick, there is always a solemn atmosphere, whether the brush and ink are thick or light, the painting environment is full of vitality. He has his own pen and ink language in the creation of flower and bird paintings, and his flower and bird paintings conform to the current public aesthetic, with a spiritual temperament and the atmosphere of the times. At the same time, he also relied on his simple and magnificent freehand, so that pen and ink and talent were dyed with each other, singing the ultimate pursuit of life.
Wu Yinfu's "Hanzhou Self-Profundity"
Snow neck frost hair red net palm, swimming freely in the reed pool. This painting of "Hanzhou Self-Flood" is fresh and natural, elegant and pure, and Wu Yinfu uses vivid and simple brush and ink to paint a natural picture of white geese swimming in autumn water. It is late autumn, the wind is cold and the water is cold, several white geese swim in the water, the look is leisurely and self-assured, the temperament is outstanding, the painting is matched with reeds standing tall in the wind, the tender lotus that jumps out of the clear water, the wind posture is fully displayed, the meaning is full, and at the same time, the white unity of the goose is highlighted, so that the tension between water and color reaches the extreme. In Chinese paintings, the goose is generally a symbol of kindness and peace, bravery and strength, and high ambition. Wu Yinfu was over eighty years old when he made this painting, which not only expressed his feelings of indifference and leisure, but also showed his lofty ambitions, and his life realm of being old and ambitious was even more moving.
Ancients Cloud: Flowers and birds are not worried about each other, Wu Yin's father is to enjoy the flowers and birds, pin his thoughts and emotions, and express the peace of mind of ten thousand years of leisure and tranquility through creation. The aesthetics of Chinese painting are known as "looking at its potential from a distance and taking its quality from close to it". Looking at this picture from a distance, one point, one line, and one side seems to be easy and plain and effortless, but when you look closely, you can use the brush to show the wind and bones, and the painter integrates the calligraphic brush into the painting, increasing the writing of the picture. The composition of the picture is reasonable to use points, lines and surfaces, and all kinds of scenes are staggered in size, freely dispersed, and have a sense of layering. The painter uses the white lotus as a metaphor, showing his noble interest, and it is also a kind of purification of the viewer's state of mind. Indifferent as water, absolutely dusty and beautiful, abandoning glitz and vanity, in order to find the ease of life.
Wu Yin's father", "Yan Nian"
Crane dances for thousands of years, and the world sings high. This painting of "Yannian" is magnificent, alleging Hongda, and highlighting the style and temperament of prosperous China. The wind and clouds are gorgeous, the grass and trees are green, and a few white cranes either fly in the clouds or play in the forest, all of which show the vivid and energetic feelings of life. The crane, born to be the spirit of dance, is the most beautiful dance in the bird clan, the most delicate expression of emotion, the most varied dance posture, "the song is heard in the sky, flying is a thousand miles in one fell swoop", and in this painting, the rising sun rises in the east, and the auspicious clouds and zhaorui all show the beautiful reality of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Wu Yinfu's paintings do not pursue form too much, but in expressing the interest of pen and ink with both form and god, and the image is innocent and vivid, highlighting the feelings of his home and country. The crane in the painting, with a strong posture and a straight body, moves and stands still, and when it is a sound, it inadvertently reveals the aura and elegance of the crane. The whole painting is full of brush and ink, full of momentum, and the harmonious and thick lines are layered, highlighting the wind and bone strength. This painting adopts a general scene composition, between the tall and tall trees, the crane gracefully stretches, or soars into the sky, or dances with its wings, leading the neck and singing, singing in the grand world, the color tone is elegant, the picture is clear and harmonious, which can be described as unique. He skillfully used the vocabulary of flowers and birds to take the meaning of "Crane Shou Song Ling, Forever Enjoy Taiping", expressing his good wishes for "Guotai Min'an, Heaven and Earth And People".
Wu Yinfu's "Spring Drink"
The composition of this "Spring Fever" is elegant, the atmosphere is smooth, the brushwork is fresh and beautiful, and it has a warm and unrestrained arrogance in the color of chicken and flowers, and does not lose the elegance and introvertedness of traditional painting, the colors are thick and light, and it is full of life interest. Freehand flowers and birds emphasize the intention as the leading, mainly to express the painter's sense of truth, the pursuit of a "not similar" spirit of the gods, Wu Yin father can depict the flowers and birds vividly in just a few strokes, making people endlessly evocative. From his works, the viewer can feel the tranquility and softness, and the lines expressed in the picture are dense and elegant, the forms are different, the rapid and slow interlacing, the vigor and nature, which can make people have a different sense of visual rhythm, and experience the beauty of the flow of qi from the picture.
Wu Yinfu's flower and bird paintings are very bold, he is good at absorbing nutrients in folk art, he likes to use bright colors, but it will never make people feel vulgar. This is due to the absorption of folk art color setting techniques while absorbing Western painting color setting techniques, he tried to use Chinese painting colors to depict the light and dark effects in the use of color. Such vivid colors make his paintings of flowers and birds look bright and natural. In this way, the flowers and birds in his pen have both a thick and simple style and a flexible and natural effect. His works embody the contemplation of life, the perception of the times, as well as the romantic imagination and beautiful pursuit of life. Appreciating his works will make people step into a beautiful and unworldly world, full of love and praise for life.
Wu Yinfu's "Song Eagle Diagram"
The eagle spreads its wings and soars for nine days. This "Pine Eagle Diagram" depicts a heroic eagle with a heroic posture in an almost white depiction technique, with eyes like a plan, two feet, cangsong ancient qiqu, eternal evergreen, the whole picture has a very strong sense of three-dimensionality, with elegant colors, vivid and natural as the aesthetic pursuit, the flowing and beautiful brush and ink make the picture more vivid, condensed, thick, giving people the spiritual strength of fearless struggle and striving forward, so that the viewer is encouraged and amazed! In general, the painter did not use too much ink and color to express, but only painted in stick figures, and it is this treatment that makes the overall picture show a different artistic beauty, eliminating the carving and portrayal, and highlighting the lofty ambitions of the living individual in the natural plainness.
Wu Yinfu's works have profound skills, while learning Xu Beihong's realistic art style, he boldly innovates, pursues a visual language rich in personality in the nature of pen and ink and spiritual fit, perfects his understanding of art, and finds his unique means of artistic expression. Throughout his works, he usually forms a picture through the observation of nature, through the traces of the soul and the processing of art, and composes the picture with exaggerated, imaginative, and jumping rhetorical means, and those aesthetic elements such as far and near, opening and closing, gathering and dispersing, light and heavy, thick and light, and virtual reality are all reflected in it.
Wu Yinfu's "Rich and Noble Changchun"
The branches of the birds are beautiful in spring, and the flowers are blooming and rich. This painting "Rich and Noble Changchun" has a delicate feeling in rough madness, and there is no lack of truth in life in freehand. Peony is a symbol of wealth, and the citizen class likes to color peonies, but painting peonies is easy to enter the fashion. And Wu Yin's father's peony bone is beautiful and rich, he likes to use strong red dots to expand, the leaves are pointed out with light ink full of moisture, thick ink hooks, and safflower ink leaves are interesting. Bright but not delicate, beautiful and not vulgar, rambling and composed, fully demonstrating the essential beauty of peony flowers "national color heavenly fragrance". Moreover, Wu Yin's father's paintings of peonies are often accompanied by butterflies or birds and finches, which also makes the two harmonious and interesting.
Wu Yinfu's works are beautiful in shape and delicate in depiction, abandoning flashiness and hustle and bustle, with natural agility, looking at his works, you can feel the thick cultural and humanistic spirit, and a fresh and natural atmosphere is coming at you. He is good at using flowing brushwork, giving full play to the performance of Chinese painting based on lines, splashing dots and combining, acting spontaneously, although the shape is generalized, but the pen is decisive and condensed, and the ink is seen in the ink, whether it is dry or wet, it can see that his pen strength is strong, highlighting the spirituality of flowers and birds. In terms of the structure of the chapter, it seems chaotic and disorderly, but it highlights the natural wild escape and surprising victory, whether it is wild grass and mountain flowers, or roosters, it is full of a kind of unbridled life force. Wu Yinfu's painting skills are exquisite, following tradition rather than sticking to tradition, and his own painting style has become a model of contemporary painting.