Li Mingyu, formerly known as Li Dekuan, was born in 1964 in Xiao County, Anhui Province. Reporter of the Chinese Painters Association, vice president of Taishan Art Research Institute, first-class painter of China Zhenming Painting and Calligraphy Institute, member of China Artists Association, art special issue of Writers Daily, and editorial board member of Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting Exchange.
Li Mingyu has always adhered to his own artistic uniqueness, inherited the artistic spirit of Li Chan, Bada, Wu Changshuo and Zhang Lichen, and advocated Li Keran's "<废纸三千>""Painstaking Spirit" for 30 years.
"Wealth and Wealth" was selected for the first "Lotus Year" and "Autumn Rhyme" of the China Artists Association, and his work "Lotus" National Freehand Painting Exhibition, and "Autumn Rhyme" was selected for the 13th Contemporary Chinese Painting Invitational Exhibition in 2001. In 2002, "Peony", "Newspaper", "China Painting and Calligraphy", "Independent Cold Autumn" were selected into "Famous Artists" and "People's Daily". In 2004, he was selected by China Art Report as one of the 100 most academically valuable and marketable flower and bird painters in 2003. In 2005, his works were selected as one of the six major schools of the latest Chinese painting, including Wu Guanzhong, Liu Wenxi, Yang Xiaoyang, Yu Zhixue, etc., in 2006, he made a special report on CCTV's "Hanmo Life", and in 2007, his works were published in the Chinese pictorial "Painting Art". In 2008, he was selected for the Cross-Strait Confucius and Mencius Exchange Exhibition, and in 2009, his works "Ink Bamboo" were collected by the International Oriental Art Center, and "Residual Lotus" and "Ink Peony" were collected by Mao Zedong's Mao Anqing and Shao Hua's family. Some of his works have been collected by professional institutions such as the United States, Canada, Singapore, South Korea, North Korea, Hong Kong, China, and friends.
Painted as the voice of the heart
--Comment on the contemporary powerful painter Li Mingyu's pen and ink taste
Yang Zhengwu and Li Faming
Mr. Li Mingyu (formerly known as Li Dekuan) is an ascetic in today's art world. He is now living in Tai'an, and we met at the foot of Mount Tai. After a long time, the more contact I have, the deeper the feeling. Every time I see Mr. Li splashing ink in the Burrow, concentrating on painting, silently using his pen and ink skills to drink and drink, and his unique composition layout, he forges his personality like a knife chisel; It is also like in the eventful years and the bumpy road of life, standing in a place of high thinking and tranquility, and wholeheartedly adding color to the art of Chinese painting. Leisurely, such as seeing "the dew and frost are thick, better than the red and bright of the high maple; The clouds are deep and pine, and he feels that the Taoist realm is wonderful", bringing us into the painting, feeling deeply the joy of "God rewards diligence", but also touched a hot heart, the bitterness on the road of life, that seems to be the same as the freehand painting of Mr. "poor and should be strong, do not fall into the ambition of the clouds" of the light, admiration makes people feel a kind of spirit and perseverance in life, just like there is a kind of power to promote the vast artistic realm to climb, will involuntarily make a "not to the Great Wall is not a hero" vow.
Li Mingyu was born in Xiao County, Anhui Province, the famous "hometown of Chinese painting" in 1964. When he first saw the painter painting in person, you were like a seedling that had been suffering from a long drought and nectar, eager to learn, longing, and determined to become a painter. Over the past decades, he has gone through ups and downs, struggling to seek, seeking teachers and friends, traveling everywhere, and traveling around with wind and frost. Under the influence of the traditional painting style, after years of unremitting efforts, there is more accumulation of life, and the art skills are becoming more and more mature, and finally the freehand flowers and birds in the pen are more and more unrestrained, wild and unique, forming their own style. Look at his paintings, see his people. Each of his paintings gives people the feeling of indulging in nature and singing about life. The pen and ink are dripping, the butterflies and bees are dancing, the fish swim to the bottom, the birds are singing and the mountains are secluded, it is simply a world of flowers and birds competing for spring. As the saying goes, the benevolent see the benevolent, and the knowledgeable see the essence. Since ancient times, the noble character, elegant temperament and outstanding attitude of "Lotus" have attracted many painters to leave countless danqing ink blots for it. Li Mingyu's ability to paint lotus flowers in different forms with the freehand form of Xiaojiu and innovative artistic skills cannot but be said to be an elegant work with a high degree of unity of ideological realm and artistic style.
Looking back on history, whether it is Huang Sign, Xu Xi, Wen Tong, Wang Mian, Xu Wei, Zheng, or Ren Bonian, Wu Changshuo, Pan Tianshou and other flower and bird painters, they are always writing their own chapters of life in the bumpy course of life. The thorough understanding of the world, all things in the world, the romance of the parasite, and the open mind are vividly exerted on the rice paper, and all of them have laid the imprint of the times. Li Mingyu, who is not afraid of poverty, integrates with the times, depicts the real life picture scroll in a unique way, and creates a large number of flower and bird paintings with vigorous vitality.
The artistic conception and taste of contemporary flower and bird painting are expressed in freehand painting as realistic and intuitive plane painting methods as Western oil paintings, but there are few and few works that inspire the hardships of life, and there are more popular commercial paintings, which express their respective moods in singing and dancing. However, Li Mingyu, who has a bold personality and treats people sincerely, regardless of the difficulties of life, stays away from the hustle and bustle, is attached to the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers of the motherland, and chooses the path of true artistic pursuit. The ancients said: "Those who achieve great things not only have supernatural talents, but also have perseverance." "Painting is like life, and painting is character. "The character is not high, and the ink can't be dropped."
Throughout the ancient and modern times, there are Hongren mountains and rivers as clear as the high character of the character, and there is the wind of the gentleman who abandons the horse in the near future. In order to find the true meaning of art, Li Mingyu overcame many difficulties, went to Beijing, Shanghai, Shandong and other places to visit famous teachers, watch art exhibitions, exchange and learn with peers in the art world, and always fought against fate with the optimistic outlook on life, eulogized nature with a brush, endowed flowers, birds, fish and insects with emotion, conveyed the silent and connotative language of things and things, things and people, and gave people the enjoyment of beauty. The wind and bamboo in his pen are abrupt and swaying; The catfish is exquisitely vivid, and it is in full view; The waterfowl are beautiful and expressive, and the mountain flowers are unique...... It gives people to think and enlighten, in stark contrast to the large number of goods that are full of customs in the current market.
As a reporter of the authoritative international Chinese communication media "Writer's Daily", a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a director of the Chinese Painters Association, a first-class calligrapher and painter of the China Zhenming Painting and Calligraphy Academy, one of the six masters of the latest school of art today, and the vice president of the Taishan Art Research Institute, Li Mingyu has a bodhisattva-like heart, tacitly acquiescing to friends, low-key and generous. When I read about Li Mingyu's artistic deeds and masterpieces of Chinese painting published in Yantai Evening News, Taishan Research, Huaihai Monthly, Writer's Daily, China Art Report, Painting Art, China Calligraphy and Painting Market Network, Guangming Network and other newspapers and periodicals in recent years, I felt as if I heard his silent words......
If the artist's work cannot give people the feeling of voice-over, it will not produce the desire and understanding to gain insight into society and enlighten life. Li Mingyu's ability to face poverty calmly and unhurriedly, paint according to the right path, and highlight the artistic beauty of personality is commendable. His persistent spirit and creative ideas will be recognized by more and more people, and his bold brushstrokes, refined temperament, and simple and bold painting style will be regarded as "jade that can be carved" by famous artists: his simple and unrestrained, simple and innocent, bold and transparent paintings, will also be loved by more people. We also look forward to his greater success and outstanding contributions to the art of Chinese painting and calligraphy.
Note: Yang Zhengwu is a member of the Chinese Writers Association, a famous contemporary poet and essayist.
Li Faming is a member of the China International Literary Artists Association, editor-in-chief of the "Art World" newspaper, a special cultural issue of the "Writers' Daily", a writer, and a calligraphy and painting art activist.
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