In my county calligraphy and painting class, mention Wang Gongli, that fame is not small. He is a member of the China Artists Association, the Shaanxi Provincial Artists Association, and a national first-class artist. He has been painting for more than 40 years, mainly specializing in western style paintings such as water-ink figures and yak camels. Today's program lets us get closer to Wang Gongli and understand his ink life.
The person in the picture who is concentrating on painting is today's protagonist Wang Gongli, who is a native of Zhixian Town, who has loved painting since childhood and has been working hard for many years.
Calligrapher and painter Wang Gongli
I used to draw when I didn't know words, and there was a book box at home, and there were some books in the book box. At that time, I turned it over, and there were some paintings in it, and I liked it when I looked at it. Because it was small, I didn't understand it, so I tore it off and then drew it.
Painting requires talent, but it is also the author's long-term persistence and diligence, and Wang Gongli combines the two perfectly. In his many years of study, painting has always accompanied Wang Gongli. In 1983, he was conscripted into the army, and in 1985, he was admitted to the People's Liberation Army Art Academy in Beijing, where he studied under the famous painters Liu Dawei, Long Rui, Li Baofeng, etc. During this period of professional study, Wang Gongli humbly asked the teacher for advice, and was fascinated, and spent all his thoughts on painting. Two years later, Wang Gongli returned to the army again.
Calligrapher and painter Wang Gongli
I have always insisted on the creation of military themes in the troops, as well as local themes, historical figures, landscapes, and paintings of company history and camp history for the troops at that time, some illustrations from the time of the vietnamese operation, as well as the heroic figures who appeared in the troops at that time, Chen Guanghui's illustrations, and the illustrations of the memorial hall, all of which were painted by me.
His long military career made Wang Gongli fall in love with the vast and boundless land of the west. By chance, Wang Gongli and his friends went to the Sanko grassland in Gannan, and it was here that he first met the yak and made the yak one of the main themes of his paintings.
Calligrapher and painter Wang Gongli
Yak is also more bold, Chinese painting with a large face of the brush, personal aesthetic combination, from freehand to brush, I chose freehand. Freehand words, with the pen more free and unrestrained, so that can show the yak's spirit of self-improvement, that is, the weather is cold, the winter is so cold, the herders do not have to collect, they are crowded into a pile, snow falls on the body, not afraid, because the hair is very long, it is very hardy, so this spirit of the yak is also an inspiration for our lives.
Wang Gongli's works cover a wide range of subjects, including landscapes, figures, flowers, birds, insects and fish, especially the painting of yaks. His works are thick and condensed in pen and ink, and the pen is calm and powerful. The style of the work combines heroic freedom and depression and introversion, which not only has a strong subjective expression meaning, but also has a profound ideological connotation. In recent years, Wang Gongli has also combined the characteristics of the hometown of Fuping persimmons and the hometown of ink jade, and expressed products with Fuping characteristics such as persimmons and ink jade in his paintings, in order to publicize Fuping and promote Fuping, and his works have been unanimously praised by calligraphy and painting lovers.
Calligraphy and painting lover Zhou Chunguang
Teacher Wang's paintings make people refreshing and comfortable after watching, and his paintings are particularly close to life.
Calligraphy and painting lover Li Yang
Every time I come, he is creating, he is striving for excellence, he is meticulously completed for each work, and this spirit of Teacher Wang is really worth learning.
Xu Chunli is Wang Gongli's wife and a witness and participant in Wang Gongli's persistent painting.
Wang Gongli's wife Xu Chunli
When he got up every morning, he insisted on practicing for several hours, practicing non-stop for several hours on waste paper, especially diligent, and he devoted all his energy to drawing and practicing calligraphy.
Over the past 40 years, Wang Gongli's works have participated in national exhibitions and won many awards. In recent years, some fine Chinese paintings have been printed into stamps by the European Art Exhibition Center. In August 2017, Wang Gongli's "Chinese Painting" work was awarded the Excellence Award of the Third "Bayi" Competition by the China Minister General Calligraphy and Painting Association, in January 2019, Wang Gongli was hired by China Calligraphy and Painting Online as a full-time calligrapher and painter of "China Calligraphy and Painting Online", and in June 2020, Wang Gongli was awarded the "Virtue and Art Double Xin" calligrapher by the Propaganda Department of the Fuping County Party Committee, and the author's artistic resume was included in the "Who's Who of Chinese Contemporary Art" and other classics.
At the same time as painting, Wang Gongli founded the Shaanxi Qiaoshan Calligraphy and Painting Institute, participated in social welfare undertakings, and his Jingfengtang studio recruited some students, and Wang Gongli waived tuition fees for children according to their family situation.
Calligrapher and painter Wang Gongli
In terms of painting, we must take this as a lifelong choice and not forget our original intention. Since choosing this, it can be said that it is tied to life. Constantly painting, constantly sketching, constantly creating, showing this work that lives up to the great era. If there is no global epidemic interference, our works will be exhibited abroad, so that more people can understand Chinese art and continuously promote this traditional culture.
Reporter/Jing Tao Exploring Flowers
Editor/Wang Yiting
Audit/Fan Xiangyang Chen Yuqiang
Producer/Tian Qingchuan