Wang Peidong (b. 1941)
A famous contemporary painter of freehand flowers and birds.
His large-scale freehand paintings of flowers and birds inherit the fine tradition of Chinese freehand painting, and constantly innovate on the basis of tradition, forming a thick, unrestrained and spicy painting style, reflecting the spirit of the times.
When it comes to inheriting traditions, Wang Peidong can be described as a family source and is unique.
His father was the famous flower and bird painter Wang Zhujiu, and his teacher was the famous small freehand flower and bird painter Wang Xuetao, both of whom were qi Baishi's personal disciples.
Therefore, Wang Peidong grew up in the thick cultural environment of his father's words and deeds and his teachers and friends, and was intimately cultivated by Chinese painting, thus cultivating a unique understanding of Chinese painting.
In his painting career for more than 40 years, Wang Peidong has been following the traditions of the older generation such as Qi Baishi, Wang Xuetao, Wang Zhujiu, etc., and has made unremitting explorations in shaping images, pioneering themes, and tempering pen and ink, and finally formed his own thick, unrestrained and spicy painting style.
His paintings of grapes, gourds, pumpkins, loofahs, pomegranates, etc., are full of brush and ink, vigorous and powerful, and full of vitality. He especially likes to paint lotus flowers, which are sprinkled vertically and horizontally, and the artistic conception is fresh and unique.
Admiring Mr. Wang Peidong's works always gives people the feeling that they are not looking at paintings, but reading poetry. And these "poems" are so simple and thick, and from time to time they emit a smell of earth from the countryside fields.
For example, radish, cabbage, sorghum, old corn, etc. are all included in the painting. These themes make people feel that his works not only focus on nature and creation, but also add a lot of new things from creation.
This is probably the result of his artistic influence from his father's words and deeds, and it is also the result of the water and soil cultivation of the ancestors who lived and lived.
Mr. Wang Peidong believes that "art comes from life, higher than life, and insists on seeking artistic innovation on the basis of tradition." On the road of art, insist on taking its own path, and have been groping, insisting that the genre should go deep into life and be bold and innovative in the form of expression. ”
In addition, he also said, "Freehand painting is an artificial world, artificial spiritual nature." Everything is created according to man's will, everything is arbitrary, but it is not made up out of thin air, he goes with nature and does not go beyond the line. This is where the spirit of Freehand Painting in Chinese painting lies.
When the human spirit is integrated with the spirit of the universe, 'things and I blend together' and 'god meets and traces', when the pen is written, I do not know whether I am a thing or a thing for me, nor do I know that I am pen and ink, pen and ink for me, body and mind, this is a highly free realm. 'Unable to act', pure willful disposition drives indulgence, unexpectedly in line with nature and in harmony with nature. Everything comes from nature, and then returns to nature, 'back to basics'."
These views reflect Wang Peidong's profound understanding and artistic pursuit of the laws of freehand painting in Chinese painting.
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