Lingnan School of Painting
Lingnan School of Painting ( 嶺南 畫派 , Lǐngnán Huàpai ) a South Chinese branch of Chinese painting . It developed in the 19th century in a geographical area of China called Lingnan, which is also where the Lingnan culture is located. However, the Lingnan School of Painting does not generally include painting from the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi , the provinces south of the Five Mountain Ranges. The term is limited to a painting school of the 20th century, which arose from the work of Gao Jianfu (1879–1951), Gao Qifeng (1889–1933) and Chen Shuren (1883–1948). Exhibits are u. a. at the Guangzhou Museum of Art .
Historical classification and stylistic features
The painter James Tan , who now lives in Canada, describes the Lingnan School of Painting as follows: "At the end of the 19th century, some revolutionary-minded young Chinese tried to develop a new 'National Painting Style' that should reflect the foreseeable cultural and political changes They brought innovative ideas and subjects to other cultures, using techniques such as fixed perspective , shadow effects, and bold, unconventional colors, then added their own creative energy, richness and depth to traditional Chinese painting, creating the Lingnan School of Chinese Brush Painting. " Tang sees himself as the successor to the Lingnan School of Painting.
Co-founder Gao Jianfu
Considerations Gao Jianfus to his painting: "I think we should not only take over parts of Western painting If there are good ideas in the. Indian , the Egyptian , the Persian painting is, or great works in other countries, so we should also have to be Taking in "food" for Chinese painting. " During his time in Japan, Gao Jainfu mainly dealt with the Japanese painting style " nihonga " (Japanese painting). In the 1920s he devoted himself to a realism derived from Western art.
On paintings of airplanes in an exhibition in Guangzhou (1927 still Canton), Gao Jianfu committed himself to Sun Yat-sen's political activities with the slogan "Aviation to Save the Country" . During the Second World War he painted the picture "Skulls Crying over the Nation's Fate" in Macau. Exhibits are in the Guangzhou Museum of Art .
Co-founder Gao Qifeng
Gao Qifeng was Gao Jianfu's younger brother. He learned painting from his brother and like him went to Japan. There he also studied the nihonga style. He mainly painted animal pictures and did not take over his brother's politically oriented painting. Exhibits are in the Guangzhou Museum of Art.
Co-founder Chen Shuren
Chen Shuren (1983–1948) limited his work to more decorative paintings of symbolic plants in Chinese painting in connection with birds and landscapes with animals. He studied with three masters in Japan and the influence of Japanese painting can be seen more strongly with him than with the two Gao brothers.
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- ^ The Lingnan School of Painting . Lingnan Art. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ↑ In Search of Inspiration . Lingnan Art. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ↑ The Art of Lingnan Master Gao Qi-Feng (1989-1933) . lingnanart.com. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ↑ Chen Shu Ren (1983-1948) . lingnanart.com. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ↑ Chen Shuren . Beijing Time. Retrieved October 19, 2015.