What is Gong Wenzhen's occupation?

Gong Wenzhen, a leading figure in contemporary meticulous flower-and-bird painting, was born in Beijing in 1945. He studied the traditional meticulous flower-and-bird painting in China since childhood, especially paying attention to sketching, and pursuing a rigorous, generous, elegant and elegant artistic style.

Chinese name: Gong Wenzhen

Nationality: China

Nationality: Han nationality

Birthplace: Beijing

Date of birth: 1945

Occupation: painter

Graduate school: Beijing Arts and Crafts School

Major achievements: contemporary meticulous flower-and-bird painting leader

Representative works: < He studied under famous painters such as Tian Shiguang and Li Kuchan, graduated from the graduate class of Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1981, and later taught at Central Academy of Arts and Crafts. Now he is a first-class painter of China National Academy of Painting, enjoying the allowance of experts for special contributions from the State Council. Senior title judge of Ministry of Culture, senior title judge of Beijing Painting Academy, and judge of China Gongbi Painting Exhibition. His works have participated in many national art exhibitions, and have been collected by China Art Museum and China Artists Association. His works have also been exhibited in the United States, Japan, Canada, Singapore and other countries, and many paintings and techniques have been published. In 1988, the design of the "China Orchid" stamp won the "National Best Stamp Award in 1988". Many works such as "Spring of the Earth" and "Red Plum Map" are now on display in Zhongnanhai, Diaoyutai and other national government agencies. Many flower and bird works were presented as national gifts to foreign leaders such as US President Bush and Indonesian President Suharto. In June, 1991, he painted a meticulous painting "Mei Zhutu" for the lobby of China in the United Nations Headquarters. In 21, he participated in the centennial exhibition of Chinese painting. In 25, he was selected into the exhibition of outstanding works of contemporary Chinese painting in Beijing hosted by Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (namely "Twenty People Exhibition").

Artistic resume

First-class painter of China National Painting Academy, member of China Artists Association, director of China Gongbi Painting Society, honorary president of the Painting Academy of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and member of the Painting Academy of the Central Museum of Literature and History. He has served as a senior title judge of the Ministry of Culture, a senior title judge of Beijing Painting Academy and a judge of China Gongbi Painting Exhibition.

Born in Beijing in December p>1945.

in p>1965, I graduated from Beijing Art & Design School.

In p>1972, the work "Four Seasons Green" was selected for the National Chinese Painting Comic Book Exhibition.

In p>1973, the work Red in the Mountain was selected for the national art exhibition.

In p>1975, cauliflower was selected for the Beijing Art Exhibition.

in p>1979, he was admitted as a graduate student of Chinese painting department of Central Academy of Fine Arts.

in p>1981, I graduated from graduate school.

In p>1982, he taught at the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts, and his work "Poetic Map of the Tang Dynasty" participated in the "Beijing Fine brushwork and heavy color painting exhibition" and other exhibitions.

In p>1983, the work "Golden Phoenix Map" participated in exhibitions such as "New Chinese Painting Exhibition".

In p>1984, he painted a gift for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Painting for Zhongnanhai, German Embassy in West Germany and other places.

In p>1985, he painted for the Great Hall of the People and the British Embassy. His works participated in exhibitions such as "Nine-person Joint Exhibition".

In p>1986, he painted for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Works to participate in exhibitions held in Hong Kong and other places; Shoot the teaching video of meticulous flower techniques.

In p>1987, he was transferred to the Chinese Painting Research Institute; His works were exhibited in Chinese Painting Research Institute and China Art Museum. His works were selected in Selected Works of Fine brushwork of Flowers and Birds published by Rong Baozhai.

In p>1988, the work "Old Tree" was selected into "Beijing International Ink Painting Exhibition" and won the Excellence Award; Visit Japan and exhibit works; Designed stamps for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and won many awards.

in p>1989, the album "Gong Wenzhen meticulous flowers" was published; The work "Spring and Glory of Ancient Wood" was selected for the 7th National Art Exhibition.

In p>1991, he painted for China's headquarters in the United Nations.

in p>1992, Gong Wenzhen meticulous flower-and-bird painting collection was published.

In p>1993, Gong Wenzhen's Painting Collection was published; The work "Lao Mei" was selected in the "First Chinese Painting Exhibition" and won the Excellence Award.

In p>1994, his works were selected for the 8th National Art Exhibition and held in the Chinese Painting Research Institute. His works were selected for the 8th International Art Exhibition held by Indian Academy of Fine Arts.

in p>1995, Beijing TV station filmed the video of meticulous flower techniques.

In p>1996, he painted "A Beautiful Country" for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1997, he participated in the activity of "World Chinese Painters Carving Stones in Three Gorges".

In p>1998, his works participated in exhibitions such as "The First Anniversary Exhibition of Hong Kong's Reunification" and "Peking University Centennial Exhibition".

In p>2, he participated in the China Contemporary Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition.

In p>21, he published albums such as Gong Wenzhen Modern Meticulous Flowers and Birds Collection and Meticulous Plum Blossom Painting. His works participated in "Centennial Exhibition of Chinese Painting" and "Biennale of National Academy of Painting".

In p>22, Gong Wenzhen's Bamboo Painting Techniques was published; At the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he created "Shoubi Nanshan" for the birthday of former US President Bush; Four works for Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

In p>23, he created "Splendid Spring" for the Beijing Municipal Committee Building and displayed it in the mayor's office building.

In p>24, he published Gong Wenzhen Flowers and Birds, a Collection of Painters' Works of Chinese Painting Research Institute.

In p>25, he participated in an exhibition of 2 works hosted by Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The work "Begonia oriole" was collected and displayed by Zhongnanhai; Participate in the "International Plastic Art Exhibition"; Create "beaming" for Diaoyutai State Guesthouse; Design "Magnolia" stamps for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

In p>26, I made a plum blossom map for the United Front Work Department building.

In p>27, he participated in the same world China painter art exhibition and painted five paintings for the United Front Work Department.

In p>28, I made Chinese Rose Flower for the Chinese Olympic Committee.

In p>21, he painted two paintings for Zhongnanhai. Published "Rong Baozhai's Paintings".

artistic style

There are not many painters with such a character as Gong Wenzhen. Maybe it's the 21st century's modern society. Many painters are dealing with society and art in a modern way. However, Gong Wenzhen is a person who doesn't have much modernity. At the same time, he is not the kind of person who looks very classical. At least he doesn't flaunt himself with a Chinese costume. There is no pretense of being a scholar in his pictures. Although the thin gold body in his inscription shows a trace of ancient meaning, the overall style is still a contemporary aesthetic interest. He is a very plain person, so plain that it is difficult to find a topic to talk about. Many painters in ancient society were often dubbed as "crazy" or "crazy" among the people, which probably started from Gu Kaizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. This is because there are many differences between painters and ordinary people, or because the undressing of painting shows a state of "crazy" or "crazy", which is persistent and selfless, and is the most important temperament as a painter.

In Gong Wenzhen's personality style, the most superficial thing is that he is not good at words and is not good at making friends. Therefore, it is difficult for others to see his "madness" or "epilepsy", and he can't see the painter's style that can be seen everywhere in many painters. He kept a low profile and devoted himself to his painting career. Among the painters in contemporary society, there are really few people who can concentrate on their own pictures and have nothing else to worry about. Therefore, he was appreciated by artists of the older generation such as Ye Qianyu and Qin Lingyun. The movie line "Be kind to others" was once popular, because "kindness" has become people's expectation today. Gong Wenzhen is really a kind person.

As a painter, Gong Wenzhen's "kindness" in his paintings is as smooth and sweet as his people's, and there are no streets and rivers and lakes. Every detail of his composition, marking and rendering shows a rigorous attitude, and every aspect of his interest, artistic conception and style reflects his heartfelt confession. He removed traces of description in neat pictures and revealed the interest of "writing" in rigorous style, which is unique in the overall trend of contemporary meticulous flower-and-bird painting in China.

After the development of flower-and-bird painting in China to Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi in modern times, almost all descendants felt the difficulty of surpassing the peak. Although Pan Tianshou and other famous people appeared in flower-and-bird painting after the middle of the 2th century, their achievements in painting history as a whole were not outstanding. However, there are two masters of meticulous brushwork, Yu Feichang and Chen Zhifo. It can be said that this is a rare pulse of meticulous brushwork flowers and birds since the Song Dynasty. Obviously, the experience of meticulous painting in the history of China painting is related to the mainstream position of literati painting represented by Su Dongpo in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the decline of meticulous painting after Yuan Dynasty is a historical issue. In the late 2th century, due to the guidance of the exhibition, meticulous flower-and-bird painting has reached a peak since the Song Dynasty. Not only have a large number of meticulous flower-and-bird painters appeared one after another, but also a large number of meticulous flower-and-bird works have been selected for the national art exhibition. It can be said that both meticulous flower-and-bird painting and meticulous flower-and-bird painting painters have received the courtesy of the times. Undoubtedly, this is not a normal phenomenon. In this abnormal phenomenon, the overall appearance of meticulous flower-and-bird painting has also been distorted in history. The main problem is that most painters blindly strive for neatness and kung fu in order to win the pity and admiration of the judges, so most of them are "capable". The trend of contemporary meticulous painting has lost the feeling and interest of painting, and also lost the humanistic spirit of painting, which makes meticulous painting take the pursuit of lens reflection similar to photography as the end goal and forms the disease of the times behind the prosperous scene. Gong Wenzhen's paintings are not like this. The feeling of the pictures created in his paintings is not based on neatness, but on the feeling and interest of painting to interpret the proper character of meticulous painting.

As a meticulous flower-and-bird painter, Gong Wenzhen will definitely weigh the difficulty when choosing flower-and-bird painting and meticulous painting. This category, which is unique in western painting, has gained a professional recognition in China as an independent painting. Therefore, the way of knot formation represented by folding branches embodies the achievements of historical development, which is completely different from still life painting in western painting. In the dialectical relationship between gain and loss, the limitation of broken branches is first manifested in the limited possibility of development. From the historical development, there are only a handful of flowers and birds in meticulous flower-and-bird painting, and the collocation of flowers and birds shows a kind of inheritance relationship on a folk level. Therefore, many modern painters have taken the introduction of new representational objects as a breakthrough, such as the workers of Qi Bai cloth and the flowers of Yandang Mountain in Pan Tianshou, all of which are unprecedented. In Gong Wenzhen's pictures, although there are some broken branches, which show the connection with traditional meticulous flower-and-bird painting, he still loves some new themes and related new languages from Yunnan. Therefore, he went to Yunnan for 11 times to sketch and experience his feelings about the natural world in that region, thus opening a new window for his meticulous flower-and-bird painting and expressing his new views on contemporary meticulous flower-and-bird painting in China.

Gong Wenzhen's choice has no special significance among contemporary meticulous flower-and-bird painters, because there are many painters who have been to Yunnan, and there are also many painters who paint flowers and birds in Yunnan. His achievement and significance lies in his groping for new techniques from the new content he wants to express, and thus expressing a new realm of flower-and-bird painting and a new visual experience in aesthetics. For example, the flowers and birds in his night scenes are not only unprecedented, but also the flowers and birds in special situations are specially treated, making them an artistic atmosphere between likeness and dissimilarity, without copying the natural intuition. He chose the unique bamboo in Yunnan, and focused on the picturesque bamboo root. Therefore, the bamboo in his picture not only has the connection with traditional aesthetics, but also has a new realm created by the change of image. He also pays special attention to parasitic plants such as vines, and combines the interest of nature with the interest of painting to create a new scene.

Gong Wenzhen's meticulous flower-and-bird language has its own unique content, which not only reflects his academic background from non-factory and Tian Shiguang, but also shows the results of his years of research. On one hand, he has promoted the healthy development of contemporary China meticulous flower-and-bird painting.

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representative works

The representative works include Spring in the Earth, Four Seasons Green, Mountain Red, Yuhua Qingliu Map, Fumigating Wind, and Ancient Wood Spring Glory Map, etc. He has participated in many national art exhibitions, the exhibition of Contemporary Fine Painting Society, the centennial China Art Exhibition, and the exhibition of twenty works sponsored by Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

expert comments

Ye Qianyu

changed from freehand brushwork to meticulous brushwork in order to break through the monopoly of Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi. As soon as the brush was turned, I switched to the Gongbi painting of the Northern Song Dynasty, learning both Song Huizong's painting and his calligraphy. Tian Shiguang and Yu Zhizhen, and the third contract painter. Gong Wenzhen is one of them, and he also focuses on meticulous flower and bird painting, which not only has the same merits as his teacher and teacher Tai, but also has a different appearance. If you don't look at anything else, just look at his photo with bamboo and bamboo shoots, and you will know that the artistic image he pursues has his own world. Look at his sketches again. Apart from bamboo and bamboo shoots, swallows and finches, he is good at painting dark corners in nature to highlight the face of wild trees and wild flowers and strengthen the color beauty in the natural landscape. Although his brushwork is pragmatic and meticulous everywhere, it is actually empty and intriguing. In layout, he pays attention to the natural relationship between flowers, stones, trees and birds and expresses the characteristics of seasons and environment. His teacher Tai likes to use a kind of poem with the theme of "Red Apricot Branches in Spring" to contrast the distinctiveness of the image, but Gong Wenzhen does not rely on the contrast of the poem with the theme. The artistic image he created depends on a meticulous hard work, which is light in the thick and flexible in the rigorous.

Qin Lingyun

Gong Wenzhen calmly used the traditional meticulous painting techniques and language skillfully and creatively, and also absorbed the effective expression techniques from abroad. His paintings were meticulous but not dull, gorgeous but not vulgar, which was a masterpiece without anger, enduring chewing and writing with the style of the times.

Sun Ke

(Secretary-General of Chinese Painting Art Committee of China Artists Association) Gong Wenzhen has been an expert in bamboo painting for many years. The bamboos in his works are strong and upright, beautiful and slender, with dense branches and dragons' bells and dragons' twins. Different from the predecessors, the bamboo in Gong Wenzhen's works not only shows its spiritual connotation and the artist's yearning realm, but also shows its perfect shape and characteristics. The depiction of its roots, stems, nodes and leaves is the result of highly skilled and expressive line drawing and moderate rendering and coloring on the basis of careful observation and sketch.

Gong Wenzhen's flower-and-bird art is not only described in the vein of Fei _, Yu Zhizhen and Tian Shiguang, but also can keep up with the times, create and develop with intention. To the north of the great river, Gong is the leader of the school of meticulous flower-and-bird painting.

Zuo Zhuangwei

Gong Wenzhen is a contemporary master who has gone from tradition to modernity, and has made great achievements on behalf of meticulous flower-and-bird painting in the north, and has made exemplary contributions to the development of meticulous flower-and-bird painting in contemporary China.

Wu Yang

Gong Wenzhen's meticulous flower-and-bird painting is known for its academic character and great demeanor. Reading his works, the most direct feeling is the fresh and rich flavor of life, which is active, smart and in-depth on the basis of traditional meticulous painting, greatly enriching the theme of performance and life feelings, which can only come from life. In his life, he once sank to the bottom of society. In the collection of painting materials, he once sank in the deepest part of the virgin forest. He grafted the two to form his painting language, making it life-oriented, and realizing fresh and noble feelings in an amiable way.