Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, and Qi Baishi, whose artistic attainments are the first, should be seen in this way.
I think it is really necessary to understand the achievements of artists, which requires us to know that as an artist, it is easy and not easy.
First of all, they each have different artistic achievements in painting, and they have reached the peak of the times, which is already very difficult.
Qi Baishi's artistic attainment lies in the collection of poetry, books, paintings, and prints, and this artistic attainment is incomparable to That of Xu Beihong and Zhang Daqian.
From a single point of view, among Qi Baishi's paintings, calligraphy, poetry, and seal carving, Xu Beihong and Zhang Daqian's seal carving art are not as high as Qi Baishi's, although Xu Beihong and Zhang Daqian also like seal carving.
Qi Baishi is a modern seal carving art master, Zhang Daqian and Xu Beihong are not.
In terms of poetry, Qi Baishi can be compared with Zhang Dayan, and Xu Beihong is not as good as the two of them.
Painting and calligraphy In terms of flower and bird painting, Qi Baishi is higher than Zhang Daqian and Xu Beihong.
However, Qi Baishi is not a connoisseur of painting, Zhang Daqian and Xu Beihong are.
Therefore, Qi Baishi's level of painting appreciation is much worse than Xu Beihong's Zhang Daqian.
In addition, Qi Baishi did not understand world culture and did not learn other world arts. Xu Beihong and Zhang Daqian were much stronger than Qi Baishi.
Zhang Daqian is one of the most comprehensive and complete artists in Chinese painting.
In terms of painting, in addition to painting, Zhang Daqian has a high level of artistic research on more than a dozen aspects of rice paper, such as papermaking technology, printing clay, pen making, seal engraving, mounting, appreciation, sales, exhibition, collection, copying, antiques, etc.
Zhang Daqian is a high-end artistic talent cultivated by traditional and modern learning systems.
For example, Xu Beihong was his father who was enlightened to learn painting and literature, and there was no guidance from a high teacher, Qi Baishi was even more miserable, and the family did not even have a reader! Zhang Daqian studied painting, calligraphy and literature under the guidance of famous teachers, and also studied in Japan.
Therefore, as far as the attainment of Chinese painting culture is concerned, Zhang Daqian can be said to be a talent at the level of a doctor of Chinese painting.
Compared with Qi Baishi Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong has two characteristics, one is that his understanding is higher than qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian, and the other is that he is the first person who is proficient in Western painting.
As we all know, Xu Beihong was not the first person in China to study oil painting, nor was he the first Chinese painter in China to study in the West.
However, Xu Beihong was the first person to systematically study Western painting, which was not a problem at all.
Xu Beihong has a clear goal to transform Chinese painting by studying the West.
Therefore, he was able to successfully lead the improvement of Chinese painting in China, while Qi Baishi Zhang Daqian, or others, did not have the opportunity and ability to achieve the historic task of improving Chinese painting.
Through the above simple analysis, we can see that painting requires the attainment of art, although it is important, but in order to realize the great dream in an important historical period, it is also necessary to understand the world.
Xu Beihong was the first Chinese painter to understand the world.
As far as this artistic achievement is concerned, Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian are far behind Xu Beihong's artistic ideals.
Dear friends, artistic attainment is too important. It is also very important to have an artistic dream.
Xu Beihong should be said to be the first person in China to make his artistic dream come true.