Zhang's Journey of Landscape and Pastoral Discovery

Mr. Zhang loved painting and calligraphy all his life, and his first teacher was his father, Mr. Zhang Shouzheng. Under the influence of family culture and artistic atmosphere, he fell in love with calligraphy and Chinese painting at the age of 6 and has been obsessed with it ever since. /kloc-when he was 0/4 years old, he brought his own calligraphy and painting to the public in the local area and worked as an artist for 50 years. The first teacher he formally worshipped was Mr. Gao Guanhua, a freehand brushwork flower-and-bird painter, who was the high foot of Pan Tianshou. The second teacher is Mr. Lu's big disciple, who studied landscape painting; The third teacher is Shao Luoyang, studying the theory of Chinese painting. In fact, his teachers are far more than that. In Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, there are many teachers and friends, all first-class painters and theorists, who give him more advice. At the same time, I have studied the landscapes of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are eclectic and draw on the strengths of many families. It is particularly worth mentioning that he dabbled in sketch, oil painting, printmaking, sculpture and design in the 1960s and 1980s. This special experience has increased the thickness of artistic accomplishment. When Mr. Zhang was a child, there were many books and calligraphy and painting at home. Father can draw and write, and often tells him to read ancient Chinese, encouraging him to study hard. His family is in the countryside, and grandpa has been farming and studying for a long time. He has a wide range of interests. He loved painting, calligraphy and literature since he was a child, as well as astronomy, geography, history and nature. When I was young, I read many biographies and works of painters, and set up great ambitions. However, he didn't have any good luck in his life. Although his academic performance was excellent, he couldn't go to college because his father was poor and ill. It was not until he was 48 years old that he was able to go to the graduate class of Central Academy of Fine Arts for further study. In the long years, he studied hard, made friends with teachers and friends, worked hard and was willing to be lonely. He lived frugally, frequented bookstores and accumulated more than 10,000 books.

The academic attitude of the teacher has a great influence on him. Mr. Gao Guanhua respects teachers and attaches great importance to teaching, and often talks about Pan Tianshou's academic and artistic views. Mr. Gao devoted himself to the creation of traditional Chinese painting, followed his own path and focused on his contribution behind him. Mr. Shao Dazhen often tells Zhang about art, asking him to be modest and unmoved by praise and criticism. Mr. Wang Bomin from Hangzhou and Mr. Gru from Peking University should get to the bottom of every keyword and give directions. Mr. Hu Shang is very strict with his pen and ink, and closely follows the "heavy, solid, tight, upright and thick" of Lu Shanshui to analyze his works. Mr. Tong is knowledgeable, diligent and demanding, from macro to micro, from philosophy to pen and ink, and teaches by example. In addition, Xue Yongnian, Shao Luoyang, Yu, Wu Junfa, Gu Yuan, Li Shusheng, Ma Hongzeng and many other scholars and painters have directly guided him. He also studied Hao Jing, Fan Kuan, Dong Yuan, Hui Chong, Wang Meng, Kun Can, Gong Xian, Huang and Li Keran, as well as western classical and modern paintings.

Therefore, from childhood nature and the long process of reading and writing, a serious, rigorous and open-minded style of study has been formed. After he chose the research topic of pastoral landscape creation, he worked hard for more than 20 years, did not do any irrelevant work, and buried himself in his studies for nine to ten hours every day, which accelerated the improvement of his overall quality. He cherishes criticism, often studies the problems existing in his creation and writes down dozens of reading notes. When he declared his professional title, there were three stacks of awards, publications, papers and monographs. Like Li Keran, he is a bitter school and pursues hard work.

Mr. Lu Yifei wrote an inscription for him: "Love one's post and dedication, be knowledgeable and versatile", which is a very appropriate evaluation of his style of study. As early as 1960, Mr. Zhang liked to describe rural scenery. 1964 Walking for 50 miles, crossing the vast Pingchuan fields, sketching by the Tonglu River, painting the scenery of Tonglu River and other works. In 1970s and 1980s, many of his works showed beautiful rural scenery. Among them, Spring Morning, Dusk Rain and Summer Return won awards and were exhibited in the national art exhibition. When he decided to specialize in pastoral painting in 1995, his friends disapproved, on the grounds that the road was too difficult. Taking this as a lifelong topic is too risky! He believed in the words of Da Zhongguang, a painter and theorist in the Qing Dynasty: "Ordinary scenery is difficult to make, and workers can never get tired of seeing it." Wang Anshi's "The deeper you go, the more difficult it is to walk, and the more strange it is". Mr. Gao Guanhua, Mr. Wu Changjiang and Mr. Guang Jun also actively supported him to paint the countryside of his hometown, and he also clearly chose his favorite road.

He started from scratch and walked to the countryside to observe the experience; Open the Song painting and copy it again; Looking for teachers and friends everywhere, exploring the mystery of Chinese painting. He gave up a lot of economic income, lived in seclusion and did four things: painting, reading, writing (writing articles and calligraphy) and running (famous mountains and rivers, rural areas). Therefore, Mr. Shao Dazhen said that he was "on the right path".

For more than 20 years, I have worked hard day and night and trudged bravely, drawing thousands of original works of pastoral landscapes and forming my own theoretical framework. He was pleasantly surprised to find the category of pastoral landscape painting in the art garden, and put forward the term and concept of "pastoral landscape painting" for the first time, systematically expounded it, and walked in the forefront of the field of pastoral landscape painting. Since then, China's pastoral landscape painting creation has entered the conscious era from the Millennium free era.

As Professor Zuo, a famous historian, said in the article "Traditional Reasoning and Modern Feelings": "Zhang's reasoning method is based on tradition, with the ideal of expressing modern people's feelings. After long-term diligent cultivation, he gradually formed his own unique pastoral landscape painting and unique pen and ink language. He has embarked on a unique artistic path of his own. " The success of this road is inseparable from his diligence, loyalty and courage in art. Zhang studied the personality cultivation of masters in history, being honest and modest. He has been rated as an advanced individual and a model worker many times. He has served as a deputy to several sessions of the National People's Congress and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and has been rated as a top-notch young and middle-aged technical talent. Established Haimen Painting Academy and Haimen CPPCC Calligraphy and Painting Association, trained creative talents of pastoral landscape painting, set up "Dongzhou Star Art Award", planned and handled many exhibition activities, edited and published the internal magazine Dongzhou Art, and did countless good things for the art cause.

In 2005, Mr. Zhang's monograph "Zhang's Poems and Paintings-100 Pictures of Pastoral Landscape" was published by Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House. Mr. Shao Dazhen's preface to "Harmonious and Quiet Pastoral Poetry" fully affirmed his creative techniques and artistic taste. The article said: "His paintings are rich in content, and most of them are based on ordinary life scenes around him. He poetized these scenes with a brush, found beauty in seemingly plain scenery, presented beauty in plain description, and naturally revealed his true feelings in the artistic conception he created. This can also be said to be his artistic feature. His works are like interesting and poetic prose, which will make people feel intimate and warm after reading. In a society where people are keen on' modernization', this quiet, natural and harmonious painting can undoubtedly comfort people's spiritual world. "

Mr. Ma Hongzeng wrote Pastoral Scenery: Zhang's New Development. After careful study, he wrote: "It can be said that this is the first monograph on rural landscape in China." "So I said that Zhang is a developer of landscape and pastoral."

Zuo's article said: "Zhang finally became a painter who attracted the attention of the painting world and became a whole, creating a new field of contemporary landscape painting." Among many painters, it is unique and occupies an irreplaceable position. "

Art historians and painters Wang Bomin, Ge Lu, Gao Guanhua, Lu Yifei, Xue Yongnian, Li Yi, Liu Xilin, Song Li, Li Shusheng, Sun Ke, Shao Luoyang, Shang Hui, Chen Xiejun, Mao Shi 'an, Zhu Guorong, Shu Shijun, Le Zhenwen, Yun Fuming, Ding Tao, Wan Xinhua and Li Weishi spoke highly of them.

In 2007, his monograph "Pastoral Landscape Painting Method" provided vivid, practical and comprehensive graphic materials for the creation and techniques of pastoral landscape painting, a branch of China landscape painting, and made it selflessly public, thus building a technical foundation in this field. The publication of the two books established his status as a "pioneer" and gained recognition from the academic circles. Wan Xinhua, a historian of Nanjing Museum, said in the article "Back to the Home of the Soul": "The painter once again found the breakthrough point of tradition and modernity in the process of introducing a large number of realistic themes." "Mr. Zhang still maintains the painting style of literati painters and the lofty of traditional literati. ..... From this point of view, he is a real wise man. "

The monograph History of China's Pastoral Landscape Painting was published in 20 12, which lasted for 7 years. He studied a large number of historical works, screened more than 200,000 works, combed the context of painting history, and filled the blank of China's theory of pastoral landscape painting history. At the symposium on the history of rural landscape painting in China, 4 1 top experts spoke highly of it on the spot or in words.

In his decades of creative practice, Mr. Zhang has made four achievements in creation, research, investigation and training: first, thousands of original works, an idyllic landscape art museum built in 10 years; Second, theoretical and historical works fill the national academic gap; Third, through more than 20 years of rural real-life investigation, tens of thousands of pictures have been taken; The fourth is to train a group of pastoral landscape painting authors. The pastoral landscape painting advocated by Zhang will take root and blossom in the whole country. His creation has high artistic value from the aspects of traditional foundation, spiritual talent and innovation of road painting. His theory of pastoral landscape history is systematic and groundbreaking, and will be gradually recognized by people.