What are the similarities and differences in painting styles between Luo Zhongli's Father and Leng Jun's Xiao Jiang?

Luo Zhongli and Leng Jun are both famous contemporary painters in China. One of them was born in the early 195s, and the other was born in the early 196s. The difference between them is ten years. Coincidentally, Luo Zhongli became famous for his portrait oil painting "Father" in the early 198s, and became a representative figure in the field of realistic oil painting in China in the new period. Ten years later, in the early 199s, Leng Jun became famous for his portrait oil painting Xiao Jiang, and became a representative figure in the field of contemporary surreal oil painting in China. So, what are the similarities and differences in painting styles and characteristics between Luo Zhongli's Father and Leng Jun's Xiao Jiang?

1. Similarities between Father and Xiao Jiang

(1) Both Father and Xiao Jiang belong to the category of ultra-realistic portrait oil painting

As we all know, oil painting originated in the West and was introduced into China for only a hundred years. After the hard work of several generations of painting artists, oil painting has become the main form of large-scale organizational painting with realistic oil painting as the mainstream, which goes hand in hand with Chinese painting in China. Ultra-realistic oil painting is developed on the basis of realistic oil painting, which rose in Europe and America in the sixties and seventies of last century and then became popular all over the world. China's ultra-realistic oil painting has developed rapidly since 197s, and a large number of outstanding young and middle-aged ultra-realistic oil painters and a large number of influential ultra-realistic oil paintings at home and abroad have emerged successively. Luo Zhongli and Leng Jun are outstanding representatives of this group of painters, and Father and Xiao Jiang are also excellent examples of contemporary China's surreal portrait oil paintings.

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

Father was created by Luo Zhongli when he was studying in the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts around 198. The prototype of Father is taken from a farmer in Dabashan area of Chongqing, and it was created by Luo Zhongli on his way home during the winter vacation, which took a year and a half to complete. The painting adopts the classic "religious composition", which makes the characters in Father occupy the whole picture. Through exquisite and delicate details, such as the dark face, firm eyes, chapped lips, deep wrinkles, rough hands covered with calluses, white towel wrapped in his head and a pencil in his ear, it shows exquisite realistic techniques and successfully shapes the image of a typical China peasant father who is hardworking, capable, simple and tenacious. 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 in his own studio around 199 after graduating from Jiangbei Painting Academy of Wuhan Normal University. It is a famous work of Leng Jun. The prototype of the character in "Xiao Jiang" is a young woman surnamed Jiang in life, who is the model of Leng Jun's painting "Xiao Jiang". In this painting, Leng Jun adopts extremely delicate surreal brushwork, which makes the characterization very realistic in details, including eyelashes, hair tips and skin under sweater holes. It can be compared with the photos taken by high-pixel cameras, showing the spiritual outlook and verve of contemporary young women, and also showing superb surreal painting skills.

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

As two classic surreal portrait oil paintings, "Father" and "Xiao Jiang" are both fascinating and touching people's hearts with accurate and delicate characterization and realistic picture performance.

second, the differences between "Father" and Xiao Jiang

(1) The creation years of the two paintings are different

Father was created in the early 198s, and Xiao Jiang was created in the early 199s. There is a 1-year difference in creation time between the two paintings.

(2) The themes of the two paintings are different.

"Father" is based on the image of an ordinary China farmer in the 198s. Xiao Jiang is based on the image of an ordinary urban young woman in the 199s.

Three, the two paintings have different theme connotations

Father has successfully created a typical image of a farmer's father through delicate realistic techniques, showing profound theme connotation and rich thoughts and emotions in subtle picture details. For example, the background of the picture is the golden color of wheat, corn and other crops when they are harvested, while the appearance and hands of the farmer's father are dark brown-black, which means that it is not easy for farmers to plow crops at noon, but it is hard to eat Chinese food. Through the contrast between brown-black and golden, they express the joy of harvest 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 emphasis of the two paintings is different

The appreciation emphasis of "Father" is to feel and experience the spiritual temperament and thoughts and feelings of hundreds of millions of farmers in China through the typical image of the farmer's father in the picture, and then produce a wide-ranging * * * sound.

The appreciation focus of Xiao Jiang is to show the artist's meticulous pursuit of the ultimate craftsman spirit and wonderful techniques through precise and delicate picture details, and then feel the artistic characteristics and charm of ultra-realistic oil painting.