Flowers and Cat Painting by Famous Contemporary Artists
Landscape and Insects by Wang Xuetao (1903 - 1982)
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Cat by Cao Kejia (1906 - 1979)
當代名畫家王雪濤 (1903∼1982)畫風景昆蟲
名畫家曹克家（1906 -1979）畫貓
Wang Xuetao (1903-1982)
Originally called Tingjun, styled Xiaofeng and Chiyuan, a native of Cheng`an, Hebei Province, is a modern famous flower-bird painter. He was good at freehand brushwork in flower-bird painting. In 1918 he studied in the Department of Painting and Handicraft of Baoding Zhili Normal College. After he graduated in 1921, he served as a painting teacher of Dingzhou Normal School, and in the next year he studied Western painting in the Special Department of Beijing National School of Fine Arts and learned traditional Chinese painting under Chen Shizeng (1876-1923) and Chen Banding (1877-1970). In 1924 he became a student of Qi Baishi. Qi Baishi highly praised his artistic talents and gave him a new name- Xuetao. In 1926 he graduated and remained at the school to teach. At the same time, he served as a teacher of Jinghua School of fine Arts and Beiping School of Fine Arts. In the `30s, he learned to paint flowers and birds under Wang Mengbai and studied the works of Ba Da and Hua Yan . After the July 7 th Incident, the Japanese invading army occupied Beijing. Wang Xuetao firmly resigned his position as teacher and made a living by selling paintings and teaching apprentices, showing his lofty national dignity. After 1949, he painted and taught in the Beijing Studio of Painting/ A close observer of nature, Wang Xuetao's mature style is able to breathe life into even the most ordinary of subjects. He painted all kinds of plants, flowers, birds, fish and insects, and his paintings possess a vitality and richness of colour which have made them very popular. Wang Xuetao was president of Beijing Painting Studio and a member of the Standing Council of the Chinese Artists' Association and Chairman of the Beijing Society for the Study of Flower-and-Bird Painting. He died on November 24, 1982 in Beijing.
Wang Xue-tao was one of the greatest Chinese brush painters in 20th century. He is famous for his flower-bird painting. He not only followed traditional techniques, but also developed his own style of free flowing brush work.
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Wang Xuetao (1903 - 1982)
From Cheng'an, Hebei Province. Adept in small scale idea-sketch Chinese painting, especially in flowers, birds and insects. He liked to use small subjects in his paintings, but whatever he drew, he captured the essence of the subject in a brilliant composition. He was an advocate of "blending one feelings into Nature". He won favourable comments from critics of numerous exhibitions. Before his death, he was a member of the Federation of Chinese Artists and the Director of Beijing Art Gallery.
Né à Cheng'an, province de Hebei, il s'intéressa aux esquisses-concepts miniatures, et particulièrement, à la représentation de fleurs, d'insectes et d'oiseaux. Dans ses dessins, il aima croquer des sujets de petite taille dont, peu importe la nature, il rendit toujours l'essence grâce à de brillantes compositions. Il prôna « le mariage de la nature et des émotions de l'artiste ». Les critiques de nombreuses expositions lui furent élogieuses. Membre de la Fédération des artistes chinois, il fut aussi directeur de la Galerie d'art de Beijing.
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王雪濤 (1903∼1982)
中國現代中國花鳥畫名畫家。原名庭鈞，字曉封，號遲園。1903年 2月1日生於河北省成安縣。自幼家貧酷愛繪畫。1918年考入保定直隸高等師範附設手工圖畫科，，1921年畢業，任定州師範圖畫教員，次年入國立北京美術學校專門部西畫科，兼學中國畫，受教于陳師曾、蕭謙中、湯定之、陳半丁等。1924年拜齊白石為師，奉師命改名雪濤。1926年畢業後留校任助教、講師，並兼任京華美術專科學校、北平美專等教職。1930年代從以畫小寫意著稱的花鳥畫家王夢白習花鳥，亦致力於寫生和花鳥草蟲，同時上溯八大作品。曾與王夢白合畫《梧桐小鳥》。“七·七”事變，抗日戰爭爆發後，日軍佔領北京，毅然辭去教職，以鬻畫課徒為生，表現了正直高尚知識份子的民族氣節。
中華人民共和國建立後，獲聘為民族美術研究所副研究員。他又聯繫陳半丁等，成立了北京新中國畫研究會，開始探索花鳥畫的新出路，並任中國畫研究會常務理事。1956年，參與籌備北京中國畫院，1957畫院成立後任畫師，院務委員會委員。1980年任北京畫院院長。歷任北京市第七屆人大代表、北京市第五屆政協常委、中國美術家協會理事、美術家協會北京分會副主席、北京花鳥畫會會長、中國農工民主黨中央聯絡委員會委員及北京市委委員。1982年11月24日卒於北京。
王雪濤在主要學習傳統的同時借鑒西方對物寫生法，筆下的花卉、草蟲、禽鳥形象多姿，擺脫了既定程式，因此他的花鳥形象結構準確，動態逼真，擺脫了空洞單調的模擬風。他在筆墨勾畫的同時，適當強調賦色的明豔。他將豔色與墨色映襯在一起，提高了色彩明度，刻畫出大自然的生機和花卉之嬌豔，尤其牡丹最受廣大觀眾喜愛。他在佈局上的巧於安排，筆法講究變化，也增加了作品的巧致和豐富性表現。他曾學過八大冷逸的花鳥，40年代已自成一家，在成熟期的創作中更適應了人民大眾的審美理想，相對專情于自然生命昂然情態的刻畫。
王雪濤的書畫在解放前就已經花鳥畫的中堅力量，價格非常平穩，五、六十年代的畫價，每平方尺50元左右，1980年任北京畫院院長後，他的畫價差不多每平方尺有四、五千元，與此同時，他的畫作在香港拍賣行裏也成為平穩股。九十年代已經漲幅達六、七千港幣一平尺，進入21世紀，大陸兩地拍賣行也持續在每平方尺在1、5萬元左右。榮寶公司是最早介入王雪濤書畫拍賣的，歷次拍賣都有很好的成績。此次秋拍，榮寶拍賣公司又推出一組王雪濤花鳥畫精品，值得關注。
王雪濤紀念館建於山東省濟南市。
王雪濤的作品《松雉》、《紫藤白鷳》等藏北京畫院，《百花齊放》等為榮寶齊收藏。
出版有《王雪濤畫集》、《王雪濤畫輯》、《王雪濤花鳥畫選》、《王雪濤花鳥畫集》等等多種畫冊。
1983年，中國美協、美協北京分會、北京畫院在中國美術館為其舉辦遺作展。
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曹克家（1906.4 -1979.11）
別名汝賢，北京人。擅長中國畫，尤長工筆畫貓，描畫細謹入微，情趣逗人，是二十世紀的中國畫壇上著名的"貓王"。曾任中央工藝美術學院教師，輕工業部工藝美術幹部，為中國美術家協會會員。國畫1924年畢業於上海中華職業學校師範染織科，1933年畢業於國立北平藝術專科學校系。著有《怎樣畫貓》等。
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