The "Red Boat" in the Art Classics
Chen Biao
At the end of July 1921, the first congress of the Communist Party of China was held at the Grotto Gate in Shanghai, and then transferred to a small boat in the South Lake of Jiaxing, Zhejiang. The ship also had a resounding name ,"Red Boat", which will forever be recorded in the annals of Chinese history. The "Red Boat" carries the glory and dream of the Chinese Communists, and the art workers record and reproduce the glorious history related to the "Red Boat" in the form of paintings, taking history as a mirror, not forgetting the original intention, and carrying forward the past and opening up the future.
Red Boat Breaking Waves, Taking painting as the body, inheriting the "Red Boat Spirit"
He Hongzhou, Huang Faxiang, "Set Sail - A Great Conference of the Communist Party of China", oil painting 270cm×550cm, 2009, National Art Museum of China Collection
He Hongzhou and Huang Faxiang, two painters who graduated from the China Academy of Art, in 2009, used a realistic approach to recreate the historical moments of the Cpc's Great South Lake Conference. In the composition of "Departure - A Great Meeting of the Communist Party of China", Chairman Mao Zedong is in the center position, wearing a blue robe, shouldering a burden, standing at the bow of the ship and looking back, looking back, looking forward, which is the visual focus of the group of characters. The dark clouds pressing down on the mountains and rains are coming, alluding to the dark social environment at that time, while the bright light in the far east alludes to the emergence of the dawn of the revolution. Darkness and light, the darkness of the dark clouds and the resolute expressions of the deputies formed a sharp contrast, and the heroic and fearless spirit of the founders of the party jumped on the paper.
Jin Song "July 1921 , South Lake" Chinese painting
Zhejiang painter Jin Song meticulously depicted the images of the pioneers of the founding of the Party, and the composition of "July 1921 Nanhu" was accurate, the lines were delicate, and the colors were cautious, showing the demeanor, posture and state of the characters in a subtle way. The author uses realistic techniques to show the different charms of the great men, but their eyes are very concentrated in the distance, they are the earliest "awakened" people of the Chinese nation.
Sun Xun "Boat on the South Lake" oil painting
Sun Xun's oil painting "Boat on the South Lake" of the Central Academy of Fine Arts shows the scene of a major conference with strong and meticulous brushstrokes and bright and moist colors, focusing on the specific physical characteristics and inner charm of the characters themselves on the "red boat", obtaining the effect of both form and god. The appearance, body shape, mood, costume and background of the characters are vividly and uniquely depicted. A strong beam of light is projected into the cabin from the east, and the contrast between light and dark produces a strong artistic tension, full of the meteorological beauty of high-spiritedness, unremitting endeavor, pioneering and innovative, and profoundly showing the spiritual characteristics of the characters on the "red boat".
Cross-Century Voyage Take history as the soul and walk into the red landmark
Yan Wenliang, "South Lake", oil painting, 1964, 35cm×69cm, National Art Museum of China
Yan Wenliang, a famous Chinese painter and art educator, "South Lake" is the earliest oil painting depicting the "red boat" and has entered the history of new Chinese art. "South Lake" is magnificent, thick and thin, quiet and moving, the picture focuses on a round of red sun that breaks through the clouds, and more than a dozen large and small ships interlace, echo, contrast, and set off a complex spatial relationship, and the distance is a brilliant and beautiful water and sky. Light and shade, layer order, color changes, etc., all show Yan Wenliang's oil painting skills and long-term study of color and light color, the brushstrokes are delicate and flexible, the colors are rich and full, and there is a kind of spirit of inspiring progress.
Zhu Qizhan ,"The Traces of Victory in the South Lake", Chinese painting, 141.5×65.5cm, 1961
The "Relics of the South Lake" created by zhu Qizhan, an old man of the century, shows the whole picture of the South Lake with the composition of traditional landscape paintings, with a stable composition, strong pen and ink, and easy retraction. The island in the middle of the picture is in the middle of the picture, and the red boat is the focus of the picture. The aesthetic mood of traditional landscapes presents a vigorous and upward meaning, a strong atmosphere of the times, and revolutionary feelings arise spontaneously.
Qian Songyao "South Lake" Chinese painting
Qian Songyao, an old painter in Jiangsu, is the painter who has created the most works on the theme of red boats. His "South Lake" pen and ink is clumsy but beautiful, the colors are gorgeous and solemn, vividly depicting the soft wetness of spring in Jiangnan. The picture is simple and layered, the pines and cypresses in the close-up are leafy and emerald green, the willows in the middle scene and the scorching peach blossoms reflect each other, and the "red boat" with the finishing touch at the far view is stable and far-reaching and contains deep meaning. The author's performance of the New China South Lake shows a new scene after the victory of the revolution.
Tang Yao,"Red Boat on the South Lake", oil painting, 130cm×160cm, 2001
The famous painter Tang Yao's painting "Red Boat on the South Lake" is detached from the figurative color, and uses a thick and mottled oil painting texture to show the turbulent and chaotic China at that time, and the smooth red boat forms a strong contrast between movement and stillness in the chaotic background, indicating the theme idea of the Chinese revolution that "the spark of a star can burn the plains". The picture uses texture to enhance the external expression of the object, through the production of the painting becomes more vivid, vivid, more three-dimensional, while the use of strong cold and warm color contrast to strengthen the visual impact and tension, with the postmodern optimization language for red theme performance, is a valuable exploration.
In the hundred years since the founding of the Party, the "red boats" in the South Lake in fine art works are numerous. Artists adhere to the people-centered creative orientation, combine art with theme creation, and use the "Red Boat Spirit" to root in art creation, so that the "Red Boat Spirit" will be passed on from generation to generation, and the "Red Boat" will accompany us to start the second century of struggle: (Wen/Chen Biao,Edited/Lin Wenbin)
Source: Hunan Literature and Art Network