In his early years, Mr. Li Keyan pursued the painting methods of Qingxiang and Bada, and his brush style was simple and elegant. After the 1960s, taking the meaning of Gong Banqian and Huang Binhong, he explored the method of accumulating ink many times to achieve a rich and reckless effect, which was unique in the painting world. In this year's Ginza 10th Anniversary Auction, not only will a number of masterpieces of Mr. Li Kejian be presented, but also the friendship between Mr. Li Keyan and many famous artists will be presented, adding a lot of color to the history of painting.
Li Keyan (1907-1989) Cattle Herding Diagram Coloring Paper Mirror Heart Style: Big Yu Brother Yi Yue. Dyeable.
"Cow Herding Diagram" is a work that Li Keyan gave to his friend Chen Dayu. In 1907, Li Keyan was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, and in 1912, Chen Dayu was born in Chaoyang County, Guangdong Province, a difference of 5 years, but the two from the north and south have a lot in common. In 1947, when Chen Dayu held a solo exhibition in Beiping, two Qi Men disciples, who were deeply influenced by Qi Baishi, met each other, felt sorry for each other, hated each other, and the common goal of the heavy responsibility of reforming Chinese painting made them often sketch together.
In order to reform Chinese painting, Li Keyan went out to sketch four times in the 1950s, which not only established his personal style, but also established his position in the Chinese painting world. Among them, in the second Jiangnan sketch in 1956, almost all the painting history records that Li Keyan's companion was only the graduate student Huang Runhua, and ignored the third companion- Chen Dayu, even in the face of the group photo of the three people on the way to sketching, few people further asked, why did Chen Dayu appear in the group photo? Why did Li Keyan choose Chen Dayu, who was thousands of miles away, as his companion? This goes back to the interaction between the two.
In 1907, Li Keyan was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, and In 1912, Chen Dayu was born in Chaoyang County, Guangdong Province. The difference of 5 years is 5 years, but the two people from the north and the south have a lot in common. In 1947, when Chen Dayu held a solo exhibition in Beiping, two Qi Men disciples who were deeply influenced by Qi Baishi's heavy stone tools met each other, felt sorry for each other, and hated each other.
In 1954, Li Keyan's first stop in Jiangnan sketching was Wuxi, in addition to visiting his sister Li Qi, he also went to visit Chen Dayu and invited him to sketch together, but the school did not approve the teaching task and failed to make the trip. In 1956, Li Keyan went south for the second time to sketch, and the first stop was still Wuxi. At this time, Chen Dayu finally got the approval of the school and allowed him to go out sketching with Li Keyan. Along the way, two teachers and a graduate student painted separately during the day and often observed and discussed together at night, if Huang Runhua was in the learning stage at that time, then the influence between Li and Chen was inevitable.
Although this painting does not have a specific year, it can be seen that Mr. Li Keyan's painting is still very careful.
Li Kejian (1907-1989) Twilight Rhyme Diagram Coloring Paper Vertical Axis Style: Jizhong Comrade Yuezheng, can dye this Twilight Rhyme Diagram in Conghua Hot Spring Guest House in Southern Yue.
In 1963, the Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio produced the ink animation "Mudi", the second ink animation in China, with the background drawn by Francis Congregation, and the prototype of the buffalo was from the fourteen paintings provided by Mr. Li Keyan for the film. The appearance of the shepherd boy holding a piccolo in Li Kejian's painting is similar to the era of the film "Mudi". Li Ke's works on the theme of shepherd boy buffalo are quite rich, and it is from the 1960s that the image of the shepherd boy is frequently presented in the works. This "Twilight Map" that Li Keyan gave to Francis is not only a witness to the history of Chinese ink animation, but also an important coordinate of Li Kejian's painting process.
This work "Twilight Map" was made in the "Conghua Hot Spring Guest House", which means that this "Twilight Rhyme Map" was written by Li Keyan in the early 1960s, which is around the time of the production of the animation, and Mr. Li Keyan gave this work to Mr. Francis.
Poetry: Flute rhymes. Mr. Ke Dye pursued the Eight Greats of Qingxiang in his early years, and his pen style was simple and elegant. After the 1960s, yi became fancy, taking the meaning of Gong Banqian and Huang Binhong, and using the method of accumulating ink many times, so it could be rich and reckless, unique. Mr. loves cattle, the studio to the name of the master niutang, and sometimes to write cattle as a game, long time has become his characteristics and symbols, this is Mr. Chang'an painter Francis works, before writing lying cows, closed eyes like sleep, after the jungle shepherd boy, shepherd boy horizontal flute seems to be audible in the painting flute rhyme, its wonderful can be known. Xin Di Li's Five-Day View after Autumn, recorded in Jinling AilianJu, Ge Father Xiao Ping.
The image of the cow is the emotional sustenance of Mr. Li Keyan to express his own inspirational spirit, and he carved a seal "Baby Cow" in his later years, and named his studio "Shi Niu Tang", using art to tell his inner feelings. In his lifetime, Li Keyan wrote many paintings of shepherd boy buffaloes, including "Twilight Rhyme Map", "Shepherd Boy Enjoying the Waterfall", "Cow Binding Diagram", "Five Bull Diagram", etc. In these paintings, Mr. Li's simple and natural mind can be seen everywhere.
"Cow Herding Map" and "Twilight Map" are both works that Li Keyan gave to friends, these two works are their early works, the composition is not complicated in comparison, but the main image is shaped by a large piece of ink, there is no cumbersome detail depiction, the deep and shallow light and shadow of the forest trees, dyed by different shades of ink spots, giving people a sense of safety and comfort.