If a painter has no culture, is his painting still painting?

An uneducated painter's painting is nothing more than deceiving the world and stealing fame.

The word culture is very abstract. It is all-encompassing and colorful, and it is difficult to give it an accurate definition. Throughout the ages, many scholars have defined culture, but they have not given a definition that most people believe.

If we narrow the scope of culture and talk about it in the field of art, we can still find the essence of culture more easily.

In the circle of painting, especially in the circle of traditional Chinese painting, someone will say that a painter's works have both form and spirit, look very tasteful, artistic and charming, and he is very cultured.

The culture here refers to self-cultivation, which includes both intellectual education and aesthetic cultivation, as well as moral and personality cultivation.

The cultivation of knowledge means that a China painter should not only be a painter, but also be a "generalist", and his skill outside painting should reach a certain height. Because Chinese painting is closely related to traditional culture, poetry, calligraphy, seal cutting and aesthetics in traditional culture have a direct role in promoting Chinese painting. If a painter has high knowledge and accomplishment in these aspects, he will certainly be able to draw tasteful paintings.

After the creation of a Chinese painting is completed, the inscription itself is completed by calligraphy. If you don't know calligraphy and lack the standard of calligraphy, then the inscription on the screen will be terrible, which will undoubtedly reduce the overall taste and artistic value of Chinese painting.

Furthermore, the inscription should be poetic, concise and prominent, which can bring the finishing touch to the picture content. To do this, we must speak with literary literacy.

Otherwise, it is not easy for the viewer to understand what the theme the painter wants to express, and it is not easy to enter the aesthetic level to feel the artistic conception of the work.

Many great painters, such as Wang Wei, Su Shi, Mi Fei, Zhao Ziang, Xu Wei and Wu Changshuo. Not only can you give Chinese painting a good name, but you can also write pictures with a poem or a beautiful paragraph, so that viewers can not only feel the painter's interest in brushwork and composition skills through specific pictures, but also understand the painter's creative intentions and thoughts and feelings through inscription.

Seal cutting is also very important to Chinese painting. In addition to the painter's name stamp, a Chinese painting needs to be stamped with some leisure stamps. How many stamps should I put on? Where to build it? There are rules.

Generally speaking, you can't just take a leisure chapter to cover it. The text on the leisure chapter must be consistent with the theme of the picture. The position of the chapter cannot usurp the role of the host, but it should play a role in adjusting the center of gravity of the picture.

Moral and personality cultivation means that a painter must be a good person before drawing a good picture. Because the figure is a painting, spreading positive emotions and deep understanding of righteousness in the painting conforms to the values of public order and good customs. Only such works are good works and can stand the test of history.

There are many painters in history who are good at painting but poor in character. Although their works can bring them temporary fame and fortune, they can't get the chance to go down in history. History is cruel, and all painters who can't paint outside kung fu will be eliminated. Therefore, to some extent, personality cultivation is more important than cultural cultivation.

Conversely, if a painter has no cultivation and culture, is his painting still a painting?

It can be said that this kind of painting can barely be regarded as a painting, but it lacks all the elements of aesthetic value, artistic value and cultural value of painting. It may be possible to be a facade for yourself and deceive the layman, but it is definitely not possible to let others recognize, learn and collect.

This kind of painting will reduce the viewer's aesthetic quality and appreciation ability, which is not conducive to the development of painting art, but harmful to the improvement of personal artistic skills.