Painting of a Girl Contemporary Master Painter Liu Wenxi (1933- )
當代人民畫家劉文西 (1933- ) 女孩人像面
Liu Wenxi (1933- )
Born in Zhejiang in 1933, Mr. Liu Wenxi is well known for his figure paintings that typically express the unadorned temperament of the peasants in Northern Shaanxi Province. In 1953, he entered the Chinese Painting Department of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts where he was under the instruction of Pan Tianshou, the Chinese Painting Master. After graduation in 1958, he taught at the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts. During the Cultural Revolution, Liu was a member of Qin Wenmei, the Shaanxi (Qin) Cultural Bureau (Wen [huaju]) Art Creation Group (Mei[shu chuangzuozu]), where collaborative works were produced. Liu finds his inspiration in the people and the scenery of northern Shaanxi. His paintings were selected into many important art exhibitions all over the world and are published in many books on Chinese painting. In 1981, Mr. Liu visited Japan with a Chinese Artist delegation and drew the portrait of the Japanese Premier. Mr. Liu is well known as Vice-Chairman of the China Artist Association and Chairman of the Shaanxi Artist Association. Liu holds, among other positions, the vice-chairmanship of the Shaanxi chapter of the Chinese Artists Association and he is deputy mayor of Yan'an. He has acted as a representative to the National People's Congress. The so-called "new" New Year print movement of the early 1950s was characterized by the frequent portrayal of leaders, usually showing their close relations with the masses. Liu is considered to be one of the artists who most frequently portrayed leaders; in Liu's case, the two themes recurring most often were either Mao Zedong during the period the Party stayed in Yan'an, and his relations with the masses in the liberated areas. Most recently, the People's Bank of China commissioned Liu to paint Mao Zedong for a new set of currency, which went into circulation on 1999. Mao's head graces the 100-yuan note, the 50, the 20 and the 10 of this fifth set since 1949. Liu, who is married to the artist Chen Guangjian (1936), has exhibited widely both in China and abroad. Many of his works have been included in national collections.
Liu Wenxi (1933- )
Liu Wenxi est ne' en 1933 a` Shengxian, pre`s de Shaoxing, dans la province de Zhejiang. En 1953, il entre a` l'e'cole des beaux arts du Zhejiang, et en sort diplome' en 1958. Il devient professeur a` l'e'cole des beaux arts de Xian. Liu trouve son inspiration dans les gens et les sce`nes du nord du Shaanxi. En 1981, Liu visite le Japon avec une de'le'gation d'artistes chinois et re'alise un portrait du premier ministre japonais. Plus re'cemment, la Banque de Chine a commande' des portraits de Mao Zedong a` Liu pour des nouveaux billets mis en circulation en 1999.
劉文西 (1933- )
1933年生於浙江省嵊州市水竹安山村，1950年入上海育才學校，1953年入浙江美術學院，受國畫大師潘天壽先生等老師的直接教導，1958年以優異的成績畢業於浙江美術學院國畫系後，畢業後自願到在陝西黃土高坡的西安美院辛勤耕耘，工作至今。四十餘年來，他一直從事繁重的教育工作和美院的領導工作，從1984年起承擔西安美院副院長、院長達十二年，對學院的搬遷重建、改革發展作出了重大的貢獻。他教學育人，為國家培養了不少優秀人才，桃李滿天下。他一貫堅持不斷地深入生活，不斷的艱辛創作，在生活中畫了大量速寫，達二萬餘張。他以陝北為生活基地，先後去了六十多次，每年用不少時間泡在這塊浩瀚而渾厚的黃土地上與陝北人民交朋友並建立了深厚的感情，並在大量的作品中力求描寫陝北人民的特有個性和氣質，他創作了大量的陝北革命歷史題材和人民群眾風土人情的作品。獨創的面貌和風采以西安美院為主體的有實力的畫家，在中國畫壇上創立了“黃土畫派”。
數年來，他在國內外發表作品數千幅，出版畫冊十餘件，中國美術館收藏作品二十五件，獲國家級獎九件， 主要作品有《毛主席和牧羊人》、《同歡共樂》、《祖孫四代》、《知心話》、《山姑娘》、《黃土情》 。近幾年， 又創作了《東方》、《基石》、《老百姓》、《與人民同在》、《春天》等大型作品，都在僵國性美展上展出和全國性報刊上發表， 無不給人留下優美而雋永的回味，受到廣大人民群眾的歡迎和讚揚。劉文西重視美術教育和理論研究， 幾年來發表論文和文章三十多篇，如《個性與生活》、《要大力發展人物畫》、《為人民而創作》等等，闡述了他在攀登路上的真識卓見 。1981年以來，劉文西先後訪問了日本、香港、新加坡、加拿大、澳大利亞、美國等，並同夫人陳光健一起舉辦二人作品展。如今的劉文西先生，已成為中外畫壇公認的“以描繪中國領袖風采和陝北風情的當代中國畫大師”，被西部人民譽為“人民的畫家”。
值得提及的是，在一九九七年，劉文西受中共人民銀行委託為第五版百元人民幣繪制建國初期的毛澤東肖像，憑借他對革命領袖形象幾十年的揣摩和創作人物的深厚功底，一氣呵成，神形逼真的毛澤東躍然紙上。
劉文西歷任西安美院院長、陝西國畫院名譽院長、陝西省文聯副主席、西安美術學院名譽院長、西安美院研究院院長、黃土畫派藝術院院長、陜西黃土畫派研究會會長、中國美協陝西分會副主席、中國美術家協會副主席及常務理事、全國美協第一屆中國畫藝委會委員、歷屆全國美展評委會委員等職。
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