Lou Benyi is currently a director of the Global Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Art Committee, a global promotion ambassador of Chinese culture, an honorary president of the China Hanhai Yamo Calligraphy and Painting Art Association, a member of the Calligraphy and Painting Art Committee of the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Alliance, a vice president of the World Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Institute, a think tank expert of the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Institute, a distinguished painter of the China Calligraphy and Painting Newspaper, a member of the Council of the Calligraphy and Painting Art Professional Committee of the China National Architecture Research Association, an art consultant of the Oriental Art World, and an executive director of the Ruiyuan Pavilion Calligraphy and Painting Zisha Art Research Institute. He is a national senior artist, a director of the Hong Kong Calligraphers Association, and one of the first batch of experts from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Calligraphy and Painting of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Mr. Lou Benyi, influenced by the family since childhood, loves the art of calligraphy and painting, calligraphy from the "willow, Yan" to start, traced back to the "two kings", after Chong Mi Fu, Wang Duo, Wu Changshuo calligraphy style, especially deep effort. In the late 70s and early 80s of the last century, I was fortunate to worship Wu Changshuo's disciples Chen Jingyuan and Mr. Wang Gequan as teachers, and as a disciple of the house, I would like to follow Mr. Teacher's teachings, "Take the law from the top, get it from the middle, take the law from the middle, get it from the bottom, take the law from the bottom, and nothing." Chase the style of Shi Tao, Bada Qingteng, Yangzhou Eight Monsters, Ren Bonian, Zhao Zhiqian, and Wu Changshuo, trace the roots, and inherit the painting tradition of the motherland. From 1984 to 1985, he participated in the correspondence course of seal carving of Shanghai "China Youth Daily" lectured by Mr. Wang Gequan. In 1988, he graduated from the Chinese Correspondence University of Painting and Calligraphy. In 1985, he participated in the National Youth Seal Carving Grand Prix and won the third prize. In the late 70s and early 80s, his works participated in many provincial and municipal exhibitions and won awards.
In 2014, he participated in the national "Straw Man Cup" Grand Prix and won the second prize. Participated in the "Lingering Fragrance and Ink Rhyme" National Calligraphy and Painting Artists Friendship Exhibition held at the China Millennium Monument.
In September 2015, he participated in the calligraphy and painting exhibition "Remembering History, Cherishing Peace" to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the victory of the Anti-Fascist War. In the same year, he was nominated as a candidate for "Outstanding Chinese Artist in China and the United States", and his work is intended to be selected as a U.S. stamp design for public distribution in the United States and around the world.
In 2016, on the occasion of commemorating the 1400th anniversary of the publication of Fangshan Stone Sutra and the establishment of Yunju Temple, the calligraphy works of four feet and twelve screens were collected by the Cultural Relics Management Office of Yunju Temple; In December of the same year, his work "Rich Immortals" was selected for the calligraphy art and photography exhibition in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Long March, and was collected by the organizing committee. In the same year, it was selected to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Participated in the 2nd Huaxia Star Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Talent Audition, calligraphy and painting works were selected for awards, and was hired as a distinguished calligrapher and painter by the China Calligraphers and Painters Daily. In the same year, he was invited by China Enterprise Report to participate in the activities of the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress.
In 2017, his works were collected by the Beijing Municipal People's Government. In the same year, it was selected into the "Welcome to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China" Don't forget the original intention and continue to move forward"; His work won the first prize of the calligraphy and painting exhibition of "not forgetting the original intention, keeping the mission in mind, and moving forward".
In 2018, it was selected into the "Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Masterpiece Database" by the comprehensive evaluation of the Information Science Research Institute of China Enterprise Newspaper League; In the same year, he was praised in the filial piety activity of "Heart Lamp Lighting" held by the China Committee on Aging; Won the title of "People's Artist" recommended by the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress; In September, he joined the New Literary and Artistic Group Calligraphers and Painters Working Committee of the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association.
In February 2019, "Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Daily" published a report on it in the "New Era Calligraphy and Painting Artists Series Recommended Exhibition" event. In April, he won the third place in the 2019 Search for Well-known Calligraphers and Painters Network Selection Competition. In August, his works of longevity peach and lotus were selected for the International Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In May 2021, he was included in the compilation of the masterpiece "Focus on Chinese Contemporary Artists" compiled by Yatingzhai Culture Media.
Mr. Lou Benyi's works of flowers and birds pay attention to the organic combination of brush and ink and color, showing the elegant environment of birds and flowers, natural and vibrant. He is good at painting freehand flower and bird paintings, and his works clearly reflect his pioneering exploration of artistic practice. His world of flowers and birds, full of harmony and taste, is beautiful. He is good at capturing the natural interest of a flower and an object, blending the mind into the scenery and the form.
Appreciating Mr. Lou Benyi's works, you often unconsciously mobilize your own emotions to perceive and appreciate the meaning of your spiritual home. Perhaps only in this way can we understand the philosophy of life contained in his works, and can we understand the artist's artistic sentiments of pouring out his inner world to all living beings through the canvas carrier of personality, so as to find a new fulcrum in life, a new spiritual sustenance and poetic beauty. This is the artistic charm of his painting style.
Mr. Lou Benyi's works are free in color, dense in color blocks, and precise in pointillism, organically integrating the natural beauty of mountains and rivers with rich imagination, and the images are vivid and vivid. His pen and ink follow the plot, there is a law but there is no law, there is me and forget me, and he is unconscious. Looking at his paintings is like being in nature, looking at them like a dream, not a dream, so comfortable and free.
Mr. Lou Benyi is good at painting freehand flower and bird paintings, and his works clearly reflect his pioneering exploration of artistic practice. His world of flowers and birds, full of harmony and taste, is beautiful. He is good at capturing the natural interest of a flower and an object, blending the mind into the scenery and the form.
Mr. Lou Benyi's ink lotus is exquisite, the shade is suitable, the style is elegant, and the poetry is full; Under his pen, ink seems to have its own unique soul.
Looking at Mr. Lou Benyi's paintings, the free indulgence of brushwork, the freshness and simplicity of the painting style, are always filled with a strong breath of life. His paintings not only have superb modeling ability, but also have an elegant style of brush and ink, and the artistic conception is transcendent. It is this kind of faith and love that makes painting take root in his heart.
Mr. Lou Benyi has a wide range of pen and ink, landscapes, flowers and birds, grass and insects, calligraphy are all involved, such as all kinds of red and purple, each with its own fragrance. Whether it is a huge creation or a small sketch, the kind of water mark ink on the paper, his painting demeanor can also be seen between the law and temperament, and the pen is like a cloud of smoke, the chest is full of vigor, and the creation of the pen is all in an instant, and so on, it is enough to see his cultural cultivation, spiritual realm and wisdom and spirituality.
Mr. Lou Benyi writes seal scripts and cares very much about the writing effect of pen and ink. Take the Fayi Mountain stele, but not only feedback back the spirit of the stele, but also through the intensive study of Qin Si to show the expressive charm of pen and ink writing! Therefore, watching his seal script works, you will definitely be impressed by the exclusive creativity condensed by inheritance and innovation!
Mr. Lou Benyi sharpened his calligraphy and had the consciousness of studying the seal. Take the Zhengda atmosphere of the Taishan stele, refer to the elegant round life of the Yishan pen, write the seal book as a whole full and round, rich and multi-spirited. Very good at penmanship to make the strategy, turn the pen more, escape and pass, is not the turn of the vulgar pen into a stagnation, from the beginning to the end can be the center of the line of the pen control with ease. Therefore, his seal calligraphy is very smooth, there are no knots and knots, which is the foundation of expensive penmanship, and it is also an important resource for the seal to be rigid and soft. Those who are good at making seal calligraphy have found the origin and source of the calligraphy pen! Text/Field