Brief introduction of Lingnan painting school

Lingnan painting school refers to a regional painting school composed of Guangdong painters. The founders are Gao, Chen, referred to as "two highs and one Chen".

This school of painting was gradually formed in China's modern artistic innovation movement under the impact of western artistic thoughts. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, He Ziyuan and Qiu, the founders of modern education in China and veterans of the Revolution of 1911, broke through the shackles of stubborn conservative forces and actively established and popularized new schools, which not only cultivated a large number of social elites with progressive and innovative ideas, but also gave birth to Lingnan painting school, injected vitality into Lingnan culture and accumulated great energy for the Revolution of 1911.

"Lingnan School of Painting" pays attention to sketching, integrates the strengths of Chinese and Western painting, transforms Chinese painting with revolutionary spirit and strong sense of responsibility for the times, and maintains the pen and ink characteristics of Chinese painting, creating a new pattern of modern painting with the spirit of the times, local characteristics, rich atmosphere, rich pen and ink, bright colors, watertight, soft and uniform. In the history of Chinese and foreign art, the naming of painting schools is generally based on two principles: either named after the area where the painter is active or named after the characteristics of artistic expression.

The former is China's ancient Wumen School, Loudong School, Xin 'an School, Yushan School, Zhejiang School, Jinling School and Yangzhou School, and modern Shanghai School, Jiangsu School and Chang 'an School. Florence School, Venetian School, Paris School and so on abroad.

The latter, such as China's "Boneless School" and Mi Jiashan Water (named after "Midian" as a pun); Impressionism, pointillism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism, Expressionism, etc.

In addition, some are named after certain characteristics of painters, such as domestic literati painting school and foreign travel exhibition school. As for the "Southern School" and "Northern School" of China's ancient landscape painting, it is quite special, which is not only related to the distribution of Zen, but also related to the differences in geological environment and climate characteristics between the north and the south of China. Obviously, the name "Lingnan School of Painting" is named according to the first principle-regionality. It's nothing special. But strangely, this name once made the founders of the painting school very dissatisfied. It is said: "At that time, Mr. Gao and Mr. Chen were not satisfied with the title of Lingnan Painting School, because its regionality was very narrow, which easily led people to misunderstand it as a group of regional painters. More importantly, it fails to reflect the ideal of innovating Chinese painting by absorbing foreign nutrition and carrying forward traditional art. Therefore, Mr. Fu Jian has never used the name of "Lingnan School of Painting" and prefers to call himself "eclectic school". In his mind, the word "compromise" is not entirely derogatory, but only refers to learning from others and combining them into one. However, people have long been used to accepting the name' Lingnan School of Painting', and it has caused widespread influence, so this name has been written into the history of modern art. "

Zhao Shiguang said: "When the painting styles of the three schools of Lingnan became more and more popular in the whole country, the three schools were discussed again. The painting school founded by Lingnan people was called Lingnan Painting School for short. It is reported that Gao disagreed at first and thought that this school should not be limited to Lingnan, explaining that "the painting school was founded by Lingnan and had no intention of developing outward", and finally it was named Lingnan Painting School. If this story is true, the name of Lingnan School of Painting is somewhat "imposed"-at least for Gao, the founder of the School of Painting. Later, many "top student" followed the teacher's advice, such as Li Gemin. Until the 1960s, they argued in their articles that the naming of Lingnan School was "inappropriate". Today, some people still propose to "restore the name of eclecticism". The first cloud: About the name' Lingnan School of Painting'. No Lingnan painter claimed to be self-styled, but was created by the masses in the process of historical development. At that time, "two high schools and one Chen" was honored as "three outstanding figures in Lingnan", which resulted in the title of "Lingnan School of Painting". In fact, people follow the habit of thinking, just like calling' Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics'' Yangzhou National Studies'. The other two theories can be found in Zhao Shiguang's article The Definition and Development Orientation of Lingnan Painting School. Among them, I discussed that I have read the previous quotation; On the other hand, after liberation, two masters, Guan Shanyue and Li Xiongcai, went to Beijing to hold an art exhibition. Because they are from Lingnan, the local newspapers unanimously promoted them as' Lingnan School of Painting' and called their teacher the founder of Lingnan School of Painting. There is another saying that belongs to the northern origin:' Lingnan School', a title with local color, was adopted by Zheng Zhenduo in China in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China according to the habits of northerners, and was crowned when writing an introduction. Let's judge the right and wrong of various statements. If there was no name of Lingnan School before 1948, then Gao Qifeng died as early as 1933, and there was no name of Lingnan School at that time. How can the three of them discuss this problem? It can be seen that that statement is not credible. In addition, the North Source Theory is not reliable. Their time was after liberation, several years later than 1948. It can be seen that if it is reasonable, only convention is more credible.

The history of Lingnan School of Painting;

Lingnan painting art germinated earlier. Painted pottery in the Neolithic age, you can already see some simple pictures; The cliff stone carvings in Baojingwan, Zhuhai in the Bronze Age are not only large in scale, but also very complicated in composition. However, in the sense of Chinese painting, Lingnan, an art form, started very late and developed under the influence of the Central Plains. It is said that the earliest painters in Lingnan were Zhang Xun in Tang Dynasty, Bai Yuchan in Song Dynasty and Kong Boming in Yuan Dynasty, but none of them left their works. After the Ming Dynasty, Lingnan became famous in the Central Plains. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many famous artists in Lingnan painting circle, and gradually formed their own characteristics. Compared with modern times, when western painting was introduced to China, Lingnan painters created a situation of combining Chinese and Western painting, and Lingnan painting school was unique in the world. There are also oil paintings and prints. The school of painting is unparalleled in the world. Oil painting and printmaking were mainly introduced to China by Lingnan painters, and made them prosperous.