Chen Shizeng
The name Heng Ke, the character master Zeng, the number of the decaying Daoist, Huai Tang
Famous artist and art educator.
He studied under the master Wu Changshuo, a good friend of Lu Xun, and Qi Baishi's Bole, who intersected with Master Hongyi Li Shutong and was praised by Liang Qichao as "the first person in modern Chinese art"!
Mr. Chen Shizeng has devoted his life to the creation of traditional Chinese painting, the experience of studying in Japan has made him have considerable contact and research on Western painting, he has painted a small number of Western paintings, so he has his own unique features in the observation of things and the use of painting techniques, Chen Shizeng's painting composition is changeable, the form is novel, not limited by the program, his painting materials are both traditional folded branches and flowers, as well as the scenery sketching around the scene, seemingly handy, unrestrained. This has formed his personal artistic style, and his paintings have a wide range of subjects, including landscapes, flowers and birds, figures, and customs.
Mr. Chen Shizeng is not only a painter, but also an art historian and art educator, who has made great achievements in the field of art history research and art education. He taught the history of Chinese painting at the art school, and his lecture notes were printed and published after his death, becoming the pioneering work of the history of Chinese painting published in modern times. The whole book is about 40,000 words, combing the historical context of historical painting, the evolution of techniques, the changes in subject matter, and important painting schools and painters, etc., with a concise outline and concise text, which is an excellent popular reading book for art history.
Mr. Chen Shizeng's representative work "The Value of Literati Painting" was the first person to affirm Chinese literati painting in the form of theory in the 20th century! He advocated the integration of China and the West, the consolidation of the foundation and the new, the inheritance of the upper and lower levels, and the continuation of the past, which was rare and valuable before the May Fourth Movement, and it was also ahead of its time. He advocated the teaching of nature, opened the precedent of flower and bird painting and landscape painting close to nature, advocated figure painting in the contemporary era, fully reflected its keen thinking and rigorous academic style, and made indelible contributions to modern art education.
Chen Shi once attached great importance to art education in his lifetime, peach and plum all over the world, and famous people such as Wang Xuetao, Wang Ziyun, Li Kuchan, Liu Kaiqu, Yu Jianhua, etc., are rare in the history of painting.
Chen Shizeng Tao Duquat Chart Scroll Color on Paper 87.5cm×44.8cm Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
In his eulogy, Liang Qichao said: "Shi Zeng's death has affected the Chinese art world more than the earthquake in Japan. What is lost by the earthquake is only material, and the loss of our people is spiritual. "
Wu Changshuo's inscription to Chen Shizeng is "Immortality of the Immortal", which is the highest evaluation of Chen Shizeng's artistic life.
Chen Shi once read the scroll of drawings Color on paper 87.7cm×46.6cm Collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing