Whose is Father?

Luo Zhongli: a native of Bishan County, Chongqing,

born in Chongqing in p>1948.

I studied in sichuan fine arts institute from p>1977 to 1981, and stayed on as a teacher after graduation.

In p>1984, he was promoted to associate professor. In the same year, he went to the Royal Belgian Academy of Fine Arts for further study and returned to school in March 1986.

in p>1993, he was promoted to professor. At present, President sichuan fine arts institute, deputy to the National People's Congress, expert enjoying government subsidies, executive director of China Artists Association, executive director of China Oil Painting Association and chairman of Chongqing Artists Association.

He won the second China Youth Art Exhibition Gold Award and Sichuan Excellent Works Award. His works are collected in China Art Museum, Belgian National History Museum and Taiwan Province Mountain Art Museum. Published albums include Luo Zhongli Oil Paintings Collection and Luo Zhongli Oil Paintings Selection.

Reward outstanding young art students who are persistent in the pursuit of art and full of creative spirit, and give birth to new talents for the development of art in China. In 1992, Luo Zhongli Oil Painting Scholarship was established to encourage outstanding graduates of national art colleges.

< Father >; Creation story:

My father, who had a hard time, walked all the way. His wrinkled face witnessed the vicissitudes of the Chinese nation. He raised Luo Zhongli and everyone in that era. Today, when we face Father, which has touched countless people, we can still feel a burning sensation. "Farmers are the biggest subject in this country, and their fate is actually the fate of this nation and this country." Luo Zhongli said. The prototype of Father is that Luo Zhongli, an old farmer in Daba Mountain, was born in a worker's family in Chongqing, and he inherited his father's hobby in fine arts. In 1964, he won the first place in the Middle School Attached to sichuan fine arts institute. When he was in the second grade of the affiliated middle school, he came to Daxian County, Sichuan Province, which is more than 2 kilometers away from home. Luo Zhongli said: "At that time, our school was in Dabashan Xincun Primary School because the whole teaching policy was to serve politics and to live and go deep into the fiery masses of workers, peasants and soldiers to teach." He still clearly remembers that night more than 3 years ago, enthusiastic villagers surrounded Luo Zhongli and other students from big cities in the open stoping of Xincun Primary School on the third floor and the third floor outside. The village head shouted the students' names and was taken away by a villager.

Luo Zhongli was led to his hut by an old man named Deng Kaixuan that day. Luo Zhongli felt that the frogs were particularly loud and the stars were particularly bright that day. Later, I got along very well with Uncle Deng's family. At that time, there was no TV or any other pastime. When it got dark, Luo Zhongli finished his class and the meeting. When he went back, he went to bed and chatted with the old man before going to bed. The old man talked about some of his past and smoked. The old man used to smoke a long cigarette, and Luo Zhongli sat at this end and lit his cigarette. "He smoked at that end, and the smell of smoke made me unable to smell it until now. I have never smoked, but I liked it very much at that time and I was used to it. " Luo Zhongli said. In a very strange environment, Luo Zhongli quickly got on well with his landlord, and slept in a bed with the old man at night. Deng Kaixuan, the old man, was later the prototype of the oil painting Father. Luo Zhongli, who is good at comic books with brush strokes, really has the technology envied by his classmates.

After graduating from the High School Attached to sichuan fine arts institute in p>1968, Luo Zhongli chose to go to Daxian and worked as a locksmith in Dazhou Iron and Steel Plant. Later, he became a propaganda officer specializing in drawing critical columns in the factory, drawing many comic books and painting a portrait of the chairman for the publicity column in the factory. Luo Zhongli said: "Those are some big portraits of the chairman of the wall," Chairman Mao goes to Anyuan ",and there are some big heads." In September 1977, the national college entrance examination resumed. Luo Zhongli applied for sichuan fine arts institute. Luo Zhongli said: "I was bent on taking the Chinese painting exam, but I didn't take the Chinese painting exam that year. There was no Chinese painting enrollment, only oil painting, printmaking and sculpture. I wanted to paint that pastel painting before, which was similar to oil painting, so I chose oil painting. Anyway, after four years, I still do my Chinese painting." He can only hide in the dormitory to draw comic books, and he has drawn more than 3 in four years. Is it really necessary for Luo Zhongli to find a sense of accomplishment in comic books? How far is he from his first "Father"? At this time, another opportunity appeared.

In the second grade, the school began the postgraduate examination, and Luo Zhongli applied for the postgraduate of Chinese painting. The professional exam ranked first, but he failed because he failed in classical literature. Professor of the Department of Traditional Chinese Painting also said that fortunately, Luo Zhongli failed in classical literature, otherwise there would be no later Father. Luo Zhongli, who didn't pass the postgraduate exam, had to come back to continue painting. At this time, the news of the second national art exhibition came, and Luo Zhongli decided to make a final attempt for his oil painting career. He once again went to Daba Mountain to find creative inspiration, and at this time he was close to the work Father. Third, Daba Mountain finally drew My Father. In the second year of sichuan fine arts institute, just before Lunar New Year's Eve, Luo Zhongli saw a farmer collecting manure in the roadside toilet. This scene touched Luo Zhongli. "When I saw him, it was already dark, and the weather outside was rainy, very wet and very cold. At that time, I thought he was still numb, and I had no idea that it was New Year's Eve, so I was shocked at that time. Then I went back and immediately drew a lot of scenes about manure farmers." He believes that dirty and smelly farmers support the country, and farmers are the real backbone to support the country and the nation.

at that time, the notice of the second national youth art exhibition came down. Luo Zhongli is going to create a work with "The Old Man Collecting Dung". He told his friends that he would draw a big head, and the original words were "a picture as big as Chairman Mao". After that, I jumped and danced, and I was very excited. Before the formal creation, Luo Zhongli went back to Daba Mountain again. He found out all the photos of Deng Kaixuan's old man that he could find, drew all the pictures that he could draw, and then synthesized them to form the image of an old farmer. During almost half a year, it changed from draft to draft. When he returned to school from Daba Mountain, the title of the painting changed from "Farmers Collecting Dung" to "My Father". In the summer of 198, the students of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts were preparing for the upcoming second national youth art exhibition, and the college was very supportive, changing the previous practice of turning off the lights, and the lights in the dormitory were kept on all night. Adding a ballpoint pen shows that you are the father of a new society. At that time, someone read My Father and said, you are a new society in the old society, and you can't see it even if you do this. So I proposed to add a ballpoint pen, which was put on my ear. Only after liberation did ballpoint pens exist, but there were no ballpoint pens before liberation in the old society. Luo Zhongli said: "If you add a ballpoint pen, it means that he is a well-educated farmer in a new society, unlike the old man in the old society. I'll draw this ballpoint pen soon.

In order to reduce the visual strength of this ballpoint pen, I drew a very large perspective, which is basically a pen with a round core covered with a bamboo pole, and the image of a ballpoint pen that was very common in that era. " This ballpoint pen added by Luo Zhongli is hardly easy to find if you don't look carefully, but it is this small change that determines the historic work of his father and the future fate of Luo Zhongli. After several changes, the sketch of the peasant image became a giant image. At the last moment, this work finally passed the examination of the Sichuan Artists Association at that time and agreed to participate in the second national youth art exhibition. The removal of the word "Father" caused controversy. When the work was sent to Beijing, Luo Zhongli's heart was raised to a higher level. "Some pressures from all sides, some estimates, feel quite suspended about it." Luo Zhongli said. In December 198, all the exhibited works arrived at China Art Museum. My Father attracted the attention of all the judges as soon as it appeared.

This is an unprecedented huge head portrait in China's oil painting history. Looking at the wrinkled old faces in front of us, almost all the judges were deeply moved. It is said that the judges stood in front of the portrait for a long time on this day, savoring every detail of the portrait. At this moment, judge Wu Guanzhong thought that the characters in the work were completely a generalization of our father's image of the previous generation. The word "mine" was too small, so "mine" should be removed and "father" should be left, representing the father's generation. Although Wu Guanzhong's suggestion only removed two words, it just triggered a new debate. After the founding of New China, workers were defined as the masters of the country. In almost all literary and artistic works, they were portrayed as positive, optimistic and tall, with a happy smile on their faces. Can a humiliating and even bad karma image like Father represent farmers in new China? The audience voted for "Father" and won the gold medal in one fell swoop. On December 2th, 198, the second national youth art exhibition finally kicked off in China Art Museum, with 543 works on display. Unexpectedly, Luo Zhongli's "Father" has once again become the focus of the audience. Since the judges had different opinions on the exhibited works from the beginning, how to give a fair evaluation of each work has become a difficult problem. Finally, the judges came up with a good way to give the audience the right to judge and let them vote on the works. It is the first time for such an important national exhibition to be graded by the audience. Which painting will the audience choose? When the Youth Art Exhibition was widely concerned in Beijing, Luo Zhongli was accompanying his wife who was about to give birth in Daxian.

One morning, there was an incredible news on the radio: Luo Zhongli's "Father" won the highest honor that marked the art world in China at that time-the gold medal. Enthusiastic audience voted more than 8 votes for his work, more than 7 votes higher than the second one. For a time, the word about the reputation of Father spread like wildfire. However, what surprises him even more is yet to come. After winning the prize, a bigger debate about "Father" is brewing quietly, and the criticism is once again incredibly directed at the ballpoint pen in his father's ear. Many people think that the ballpoint pen is redundant, and some think that this ballpoint pen is well added. In June of 1981, the controversy about ballpoint pen was still inconclusive.

This year, Luo Zhongli, as an outstanding artist who participated in the Youth Art Exhibition, was invited to attend an art seminar in Beijing. This is the first time that Luo Zhongli has the opportunity to explain his creative ideas to experts and teachers as an artist. At the seminar, Luo Zhongli finally got unanimous approval from experts.