What are the similarities and differences between Luo Zhongli's father and cold Xiao Jiang in painting style?

Luo Zhongli and Leng Jun are both famous contemporary painters in China. One of them was born in the early 1950s, and the other was born in the early 1960s. The difference between them is 10 year. Coincidentally, Luo Zhongli became famous in the early 1980s with his portrait oil painting "Father" and became a representative figure in the field of realistic oil painting in China in the new period. 10 years later, in the early 1990s, Leng Jun became famous for his portrait oil painting Xiao Jiang and became a representative figure in the field of contemporary surrealist oil painting in China. So, what are the similarities and differences between Luo Zhongli's father and cold Xiao Jiang in painting style and characteristics?

First, the similarities between "father" and "version"

(1) "Father" and "Jiang" belong to the category of ultra-realistic portrait oil paintings.

As we all know, oil painting originated in the West and was introduced to China only a hundred years ago. Through the efforts of several generations of painting artists, oil painting has become the main form of large-scale organization painting with realistic oil painting as the mainstream in China, and it goes hand in hand with Chinese painting. Ultra-realistic oil painting is developed on the basis of realistic oil painting, which rose in Europe and America in the 1960s and 1970s, and then became popular all over the world. Since 1970s, the surreal oil paintings in China have developed rapidly, and a large number of outstanding young and middle-aged surreal oil painters and a large number of influential surreal oil paintings at home and abroad have emerged successively. Luo Zhongli and Lengjun are outstanding representatives of this group of painters, and their father and Xiao Jiang are also excellent examples of contemporary surrealist portrait oil paintings in China.

(2) Both "Father" and "Xiao Jiang" show superb and delicate realistic techniques.

Father was written by Luo Zhongli when he was studying in the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, about 1980. The prototype of "Father" was taken from a farmer in Daba Mountain area of Chongqing. It was created by Luo Zhongli on his way home during the winter vacation, and it took one and a half years to complete. The classic "religious composition" is adopted in the painting, which makes the characters in Father occupy the whole picture. Through the delicate details such as dark face, firm eyes, chapped lips, deep wrinkles, rough hands covered with calluses, white towel wrapped on his head, and a pencil inserted in his ear, the exquisite realistic techniques are displayed, and a typical China peasant father image is successfully shaped. The strong visual impact produced by this painting gives people an emotional and spiritual sound and shock.

Xiao Jiang is a classic portrait oil painting created by Leng Jun after graduating from Jiangbei Painting Academy of Wuhan Normal University, which lasted for more than a year and revolved around 1990. It is a cold masterpiece. The prototype of the characters in Xiaojiang is a young woman surnamed Jiang in life, and she is the model of the cold painting Xiaojiang. In this painting, Leng Leng uses extremely delicate surrealist brushstrokes, which makes the characterization very realistic in details, including eyelashes, hair tips and the skin under the hole in the sweater. It can be compared with the photos taken by high-pixel cameras, showing the spiritual outlook and charm of contemporary young women, and also showing superb surrealist painting skills.

(3) Both "Father" and "Xiao Jiang" move people's hearts through precise and delicate picture performance.

"Father" and "Jiang" are two classic surrealist portrait oil paintings, both of which are fascinating and touching with accurate, delicate and realistic pictures.

Second, the differences between Father and its version

(1) These two paintings were created in different times.

Father wrote it in the early 1980s, and Xiao Jiang wrote it in the early 1990s. The creation time difference between the two paintings is 10 year.

The themes of these two paintings are different.

Father is based on the image of an ordinary farmer in China in 1980s. Xiao Jiang is based on the image of an ordinary urban young woman in the 1990s.

Third, the themes of the two paintings are different.

"Father" successfully created a typical image of a farmer's father through delicate realism, and showed profound theme connotation and rich thoughts and feelings in subtle picture details. For example, the background of the picture is golden yellow when wheat, corn and other crops are harvested, while the appearance and hands of the farmer's father are dark brown, indicating that it is not easy for farmers to plow at noon, but it is very hard to eat Chinese food. Through the contrast between brown, black and gold, it expresses the joy of harvesting after hard work and so on.

Xiao Jiang shows the perfect image and temperament of an urban young woman through extremely delicate realistic techniques.

(4) The appreciation of the two paintings has its own emphasis.

The appreciation of "Father" focuses on feeling and experiencing the spiritual temperament, thoughts and feelings of hundreds of millions of farmers in China through the typical image of the farmer's father, thus producing a wide range of songs.

Xiao Jiang's appreciation focuses on showing the artist's meticulous pursuit of the ultimate craftsman spirit and wonderful techniques through precise and delicate picture details, and then feeling the artistic characteristics and charm of surrealist oil paintings.