He is one of the best painters among the officials of the Republic of China, with both landscapes, flowers and birds, and part-time engraving;
He was the most official among the well-known painters of the Republic of China, serving as a member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of China and secretary of state, participating in the preparation of the antiquities exhibition center, and proposing to display the golden stones and calligraphy and paintings collected in the Forbidden City and the Chengde Palace in the Wuying Hall for the study and study of the masses and painters. Therefore, today we can appreciate those ancient masterpieces in the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City, thanks to his initiative at that time.
Jincheng (1878~1926)
Jincheng (1878 ~ 1926) character Gongbei, a character Gongbei, formerly known as Shaocheng, North Tower, also known as Lotus Lake, ancestral home of Wuxing County, Zhejiang Province. Born in Xiangmendi, he has loved painting since childhood, can both landscapes, flowers and birds, and is engraved with seals, side by side and ancient chinese. Because there was no teacher to preach, he copied the ancient celebrity paintings at home, and the calligraphy and paintings he came to were almost chaotic.
Jincheng's family has a long history of learning and has a rich collection of ancient artifacts and paintings. The siblings both studied in Europe and the United States in their early years, and he himself studied law at the University of Sonnes in London, England, and traveled through the United States and France to investigate the legal system and art. After returning to China, he initially served as a member of the Shanghai Public Concession Committee, and was later hired as the director of the Legal System Museum, the coordinator of the Criminal Division of the Dali Academy, and the Engineering Department of the Supervision and Construction Court.
After the founding of the Republic of China, he served as a member of the House of Representatives, secretary of state, participated in the preparation of the antiquities exhibition center, and proposed that the gold stones, calligraphy and paintings collected in the Forbidden City and the Chengde Palace be displayed and exhibited in the Wuying Hall for the study and study of the masses and painters.
Jin Cheng first learned Dai Xi's fine brushwork, and later approached Lu Lianfu's painting style. His landscapes, flowers, birds, and characters all have ancient meanings. In 1918, together with Zhou Zhaoxiang, Chen Shizeng and others, in Beijing to prepare for the establishment of the Chinese Painting Research Society, many young people with a foundation in painting gathered in the Painting Research Association, jincheng taught the achievements of ancient painting, he tried his best to advocate the preservation of the national essence, copying the painting manuscript, and scrupulously. Most of Jincheng's works are antique and ancient, wandering in the artistic conception of the ancients. In his later years, some sketches appeared to be more vibrant than the copied works of the previous period.
In 1910, he founded the well-known Chinese Painting Research Association and served as the president of the Chinese Painting Research Society. In 1920, Jincheng initiated the establishment of the Lake Society Painting Society. Famous modern painters Such as Ma Jin, Chen Shaomei, and Tian Shiguang were all born under his disciples. Since 1926, a joint exhibition of Sino-Japanese painting held every other year has been held in Japan, and Kaneshiro was invited by Japanese painters to participate in the exhibition in Japan, which was welcomed by Japanese painters.
As an artist with quite innovative ideas, the development of his painting can be roughly divided into three periods: before the age of 28, his creation was based on the ancients as a teacher, copying mainly, and a large number of fine works of Zong Yuan, Wu Yun, Si Wang and others were studied, laying a solid foundation for future painting creation. During the period from the age of 29 to 45, his works are still mainly copied from the ancients, and there are also creations. After the age of 46, he entered the peak period of his creative art, and the number of works increased greatly. Most of Jincheng's early works were antique and ancient, wandering in the artistic conception of the ancients, and cultivating their skills from copying the works of the Song and Yuan dynasties. After the age of forty, his painting style gradually changed, and there were many sketches, which were vivid and lifelike, and jumped on the paper. However, He was jealous of his talents and died young, and his painting style and knowledge were not vividly reflected, which made the painting community regret and regret.
After JinCheng's death, some members of the Painting Research Society, in order to commemorate him, initiated the lake society painting society in 1927 by his son Jin Qian'an. He also edited and published the semi-monthly magazine "Lake Society", which was later changed to a monthly magazine, publishing the works of members and celebrities, introducing ancient famous paintings, and publicizing and maintaining traditional painting methods. The influence of the Lake Society is very large, and its members are almost all over the country, and it is very popular.