Editor-in-Charge: Xu Bangcheng
The heir of the Ding crane --- the wisdom of Ding
Ding Baodong, male, Manchu, born in 1948, from Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County, Qinhuangdao. Since childhood, he has loved painting, and has been a master of Chinese painting, Wang Xuetao, a master of Chinese painting, whose painting style is eclectic, exquisite in pen and ink, and pursues himself, especially for painting cranes. In his early years, he composed "Crane Shou Millennium" for the centenary of the birth of General Zhang Xueliang. His work "Harmonious Homeland" is collected by the airport building in the western suburbs of Beijing and hangs in the VIP hall all year round. "Beautiful Homeland" has been collected by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Russian Federation, diaoyutai State Guesthouse, and the Central Party School. "Harmonious Homeland" 2008 Olympic Art Conference Award-Winning Collection. Hosted by the International Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Culture and the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee. His works have won many awards in major art exhibitions at home and abroad, and have been held three solo exhibitions in Rongbaozhai and other places of the National Academy of Painting in Beijing. The albums "Ding Baodong Painting Collection" and "Ding Baodong's Freehand Crane Technique" were released nationwide. More than 100 works have been published in People's Daily, Fine Arts, National Pictorial, China Culture Daily, Chinese Painters, etc.
Ding Baodong's xianhe is based on sketching and created as a teacher. In terms of rules and regulations, Ding Baodong is good at organizing the big scene of the group crane, reflecting the combination of flowers and birds and landscapes, inheriting and innovating the diversified situation, whether it is a huge work or a small piece, it is full of poetic inspiration and passion. The magical crane seems to inject a fairy breath into his pen, and through the subtleties carefully depicted, the crane in the painting is radiant. Ding Baodong adheres to the traditional flower and bird theme of the red-crowned crane as a breakthrough point, and the flocks of cranes sing and sing, or play and dance, or spread their wings and fly... The clouds are light and the breeze is dancing. This is the picture depicted by Mr. Ding Baodong, and it is also a beautiful human scenery...
For more than 30 years, the persistent pursuit of delving into research, pioneering ways, forming a self, the style of the works is fresh and elegant, flexible and feminine, comfortable and bright, the artistic conception is long, and the atmosphere of life is rich. From his works, we can see the profound pen and ink skills, the essence of the essence, skillful skills, a few strokes to make a few cranes jump on the paper, the painter with the "anthropomorphic" and "life" creative ideas, pay attention to the perception of life and spiritual pursuit, paint the crane family life, love, godson and other scenes. While not losing the national spiritual character, the pen and ink form is more abundant and innovative, and it has the spirit of the times.
Ding Baodong advocated that painters should not rely too much on cameras, but should sketch more, observe more, and record the touching "focus" and moving "notes" of life at any time. Over the years, he has made friends with cranes and used cranes as companions, and has established special feelings with cranes, and can get close to them, describe their graceful and colorful posture, record their thoughtful and sentimental looks, seize the real fresh feelings, and find the source of the living water of creation. Ding Baodong has done a good job of transforming traditional and modern crane writing techniques into flower and bird paintings with the characteristics of the times, which is not unrelated to his personal character cultivation and artistic attitude. Be a person, low-key and introverted, but I do my own thing. For the sake of art, no matter what else, everything is used by me. Using cranes as carriers to praise nature, pay attention to living beings, and interpret life. Ding Baodong's crane was leaping towards the vast world of the Great Flower and Bird Realm. In order to realize the great Chinese dream, Ding Baodong's holy and auspicious crane will have the spirit of the new era of flying cranes in the sky, spreading its wings and soaring over the clouds.
He is now a national first-class artist, professor, member of the Chinese Artists Association, and a professional painter of the Qinhuangdao Academy of Painting.