Contemporary Chinese Artist Du Hao Oil Painting Art Appreciation – Still Spring

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Kaia

Artist Du Hao Animal Oil Painting Work Appreciation –Still Spring

Painting Title: Still Spring

Artist: Du Hao (China)

Painting Size: 150*120cm

Media: Oil on Canvas

Creation Time: 2008

About Artist Du Hao:

There are many genius and masters of tiger paintings in Chinese history, contemporary artists of Chinese painging Liu Kui-Ling and Liu Jiyou(father and son), artist Hu Shuang-an, He Xiang-ning, whose artworks of Chinese traditional gongbi drawing or Chinese paintings all have their own characteristics, especially Chinese modern artist Feng Dazhong, whose meticulous-style tiger has acchieve to a top grade, and have stunning much.

However, there was no precedents on tiger oil paintings in China, so there’s no inheritance and learn artists can learn from, only to discover and create from the real lige. Artist Du Hao’s tiger oil paintings are also “meticulous”-style, but its “Silky brush” is different from the traditional Chinese paintings, no matter how fine the sillky hair in Chinese paintings, how much the number of rendering times are, it can also be too flat and thin, while Du Hao’s Tiger oil painting not only has absolutely fine silky hair, but also has painted a “velvet beep” vividly, you can imagine how difficult it was.

About Artist Du Hao:

Mr. Du Hao, who was come from Jinzhou city, Liaoning province, China, and was graduated from the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 1984.

Now Artist Du Hao is one of staff painters of Beijing Chinese Painting Seminar, director of the Manchurian Tiger Oil Painting Art Studio’, who has specializing in the study and creation of the Manchurian tiger oil painting for 20 years, and has achieve great attainments on tiger oil painting, and also known as “The No.1 of Chinese Tiger Oil Painting”.

Du Hao’s tiger oil painting works were appreciated much for its unique reative originality, sophisticated design, accurate skillful techniques and vivid images, with strong visual impact and aesthetic sense, his works have abtained highly praise from experts in the art cycle. and many his works have been chosen to participate varied domestic and foreign exhibitions, also have won great favors of many art collectors, his artworks have high collection value and appreciation value.

* Original resource: Contemporary Chinese Artist Du Hao Oil Painting Art Appreciation – Still Spring

Posted in Animal Oil Painting | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Contemporary Chinese Artist Chen Wenji Oil Painting Art Appreciation — Blue Sky, Grey Environment

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Kaia


Artist Chen Wenji Still Life Oil Painting Work Appreciation – Blue Sky, Grey Environment

Painting Title: Blue Sky, Grey Environment

Artist: Chen Wenji (China)

Painting Size: 100*140cm

Media: Oil on Canvas

Creation Time: 1986

In contrast with the mainstream of most of Chinese contemporary oil painting artists who keen to perform figures and social themes, artist Chen Wenji repeated performing the lifeless material world. Specifically, most of paintings created by Chen Wenji are still life, buildings, industrial pipes, artifacts, geometric shapes, light and shadow. With these pure painting productions, Chen Wenji suspended human’s social life, and the high degree painting features and technical make the reality objects in his paintings showing abstract affect. Maybe you can not grasp the concept at the frist glance, but you can appreciate it gradually .

Chen Wenji’s art style is lack of postive participation to the social trends of the past three decades in China, as if he was living in the world of his personal imagination, and remains unchanged all along. Artist Chen Wenji’s art style is very independent and with distinct personal touches. He is not always a voluntarily recluse, in a sense, he is a evader of a variety of idea trends and activities.

Artist Chen Wenji was like to reconstruct the self of art in a strange space, and interact with the environment, and the same time to enjoy experimental challenges during in the creative process, to reflect the individual freedom as far as possible in the experiment. As if in the limited real world, run alternately in two diametrically opposite states of “passive” and “active”, and the same time completed the series of changes on his art objectively.

Occasionally you can caught his child-like fun and innocent sights flashed out from the eyes, through his adult helpless face to meet with you.

About Artist Chen Wenji:

Mr. Chen Wenji, who was born in April 11, 1954 and now is living in Shanghai, China.

Brief Career:

1978: Graduated from the Print Department at the Central Fine Arts College, and then acted as a teacher in the college. Now he is acting as a associate professor at the Fresco department of the Central Fine Arts College.
1987: One of his oil painting works been selected to participate the 1st China Oil Painting Exhibition;
1989: Participated the China Modern Art Exhibition and the 7th National Art Exhibition;
1991: One of his oil painting works been selected to participate the China Oil Painting Annual Exhibition;
1993: Participated in the ‘Juxiang’ Oil Painting Exhibition and the 93’ China Oil Painting Annual Exhibition;
1994: Participated in the ‘Power of Lines – New York, Beijing and Hong Kong’ Exhibition;
1995: Participated in the Central Art College – Paris High Grade Acadimies Print Communication Exhibition and Contemporary China Oil Painting Exhibition;
1996: Participated in the Repeat • Start – 96 Oil Painting Exhibition;
2000: Oil painting work “Light Pass Away” was been selected to participate the 20th century China Oil Painting Exhibition

Awards:
– Oil painting work “Blue Sky, Grey Environment” was rewarded the Excellent prize at the 1st China Oil Painting Exhibition; and rewarded the silver prize at the China Oil Painting Exhibition in 1993;
– Print work “Chairs, Stoves” was collected by The Big Britin Museum

Publications:

“Chen Wenji Body Oil Paintings” (1987, Sichuan Renmei Press)

* Original resource: Contemporary Chinese Artist Chen Wenji Oil Painting Art Appreciation — Blue Sky, Grey Environment

Posted in Still Life Oil Painting | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Contemporary Chinese Artist Mao Daizhong Oil Painting Art Appreciation — Cradle

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Kaia

Artist Mao Daizhong People Oil Painting Work Appreciation — Cradle

Painting Title: Cradle

Artist: Mao Daizhong (China)

Painting Size: 115*100cm

Media: Oil on Canvas

Creation Time: March,1984

Words of Artist Mao Daizhong: The eyes are tentacles of the soul, any type of perception way are dominated by the mind, so for sketching, the most difficult thing is not techniques, nor the ability of eyes to search or glance, but the pure and clear of your spirit, that is the so-called no-clarification of mind nor taste like.

We all live in the common life world, and difficult to kept away from dust covers in mind. But if you want to be an excelletn artist, you must open your mind and spirit to nature, as well as make nature opens to you.

About Artist Mao Daizhong:

Mr. Mao Daizhong, who was born in March, 1955 in Ye County, Shandong province of China, he was graduated form Shandong Art School in 1976, and graduated from the Art Department at the Qugao Normal Collage.

Now artist Mao Daizhong is acted as the vice-directot of Shandong Qugao Normal University, he is also a member of Chinese Artists Association.

Representative Works:

“Cradle”, “Clear Up After Snow”, “White Night”, “Horse and Corridor” and so on.

* Original resource: Contemporary Chinese Artist Mao Daizhong Oil Painting Art Appreciation — Cradle

Posted in People Oil Painting | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Contemporary Chinese Artist Cao Li Oil Painting Art Appreciation — City Noise

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Kaia


Artist Cao Li Abstract Oil Painting Work Appreciation — City Noise

Painting Title: City Noise (Series 2)

Artist: Cao Li (China)

Painting Size: 115*100cm

Media: Oil on Canvas

Creation Time: Unknown

Artist Cao Li loves fantasy. All the images in his paintings, are not memoirs of objective images, but magic grotesque images in the fantasy world. The images of people, animals and plants always be exaggerated, deformed, or time-warped, or out of order. Cao Li’s not realistic, is not can’t, but not so.

Cao Li’s rough life experiences has also given he the “opportunity” to experience the ups and downs of life. All what he had saw and heard, as well as his inner experience, quietly burning and switched into the special imagination and creativity, and resorting to the paintings created by Cao Li.

Now, let Cao Li’s oil paintings lead us to a world of fairy tales and fables that he created, over there it is so pure, and so bright and colorful, and the same time is so absurd, bizarre and strange.

About Artist Cao Li:

Mr. Cao Li, who was born in Feb., 1954 in Guiyang, Guizhou province of China, he was graduated at the oil painting department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1982, and then acted as a professor at the Fresco Deparmtent of the university.

Now artist Cao Li a member of Chinese Artists Association, and now lives in Nanjing city, Jiangsu province in China.

Representative Works (oil painting):

“Horse and Corridor”(Group Paintings), “Cowboy” (collected by China Art Gallery), “Herding” (collected by Diaoyutai State Guesthouse),” Wilderness “,” Saotome, “The Last Song”,” Music Book be Opened, “Golden Sky”,”Birds’ Dance “,”Juvenile Playing with Paper Birds”, “Children’s Chorus”,”City Noise”(group painting),”Moonlight”,”Midsummer “,”Tweedle from the Heart” and so on.

* Original resource: Contemporary Chinese Artist Cao Li Oil Painting Art Appreciation — City Noise

Posted in Abstract Oil Painting | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Contemporary Chinese Artist Lin Fengmian Oil Painting Art Appreciation — Beautiful Women

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Kaia

Artist Lin Fengmian Oil Painting Art Appreciation – Beautiful Women

Painting Title: Beautiful Women

Artist: Lin Fengmian (China)

Painting Size: 32*34cm

Media: Color Paper

Creation Time: unknown

Mr. Lin Fengmian’s paintings embodied with oriental poetic style, western painting colors together with color ink dripping visual effects makes the audience pleasing much.

Artist Lin Fengmian was good at applying with bright colors, showing soft via intensity, simple but also contains richness. He was adept to expand freehand and pure among the overall imagery, he is the most successful master on the fusion of Chinese and Western art, and yet still has kept the Chinese painting charms in the process of integration.

The personality spirit and artistic skills of Mr. Lin Fengmian’s has achieved same level, he is the most admirable master for descendants in the art cricle, his paintings have a kind of poetic, aesthetic, a lonely, melancholy, a pure voice of the God, tells of a type of special fascination and intoxication of the Han nationality to nature, and it is always affections of a nation forever!

* About Artist Lin Fengmian:

Mr. Lin Fengmian (1900-1991), one of the most excellent contemporary Chinese oil painting artists and art educators.

Formerly known as Lin Fengmin, was born in Mei County, Guangdong Province, who became enjoyed with painting in his childhood.

Had been to France for a work-study program in 19-year-old, and took a further education of Western painting in the Beattie School of Fine Arts, and later transferred to the National Higher School of Fine Arts in Paris to take up a advanced studies.

After returnning homeland in 1925 Lin Fengmian took up the post as the Chancellor and Peking Professor of the Yuanpei College of Arts in 1927.

Invited by Cai Yuanpei Mr. Lin went to Hangzhou city and creat the National Art Academy(Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts later) in 1927 and acted as the president.

After the liberation Mr Lin was acted as the office of Shanghai Chinese Painting Institute Artist. Lin Fengmian was settled in Hong Kong since 70s, in 1979 he held a individual painting exhibition in Paris, which achieved a great success.

Representive Works:

“Clear Spring”, “Riverside”, “Lady”, “Landscape”, “Still Life” and so on.

Publications:

“New Theory of Chinese Painting”, “Lin Fengmian Artbook” and so on.

* Original resource: Contemporary Chinese Artist Lin Fengmian Oil Painting Art Appreciation — Beautiful Women

Posted in People Oil Painting | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Contemporary Chinese Artist Shang Ding Oil Painting Art Appreciation — Girl of the Dai Nationality

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Kaia

Artist Shang Ding People Oil Painting Work Appreciation – Girl of the Dai Nationality

Painting Title: Girl of the Dai Nationality

Artist: Shang Ding (Mainland China)

Painting Size: 41*52cm

Media: Paper

Creation Time: 1998

Oil paining works created by artist Shang Ding have beyond cultural differences and political agendas. People respect the creativity of Shang Ding, as well pay full of sympathy for the situation in which he have to compromise. And collectors attracted by Shang Ding’s basic classical skill, while Shang Ding’s depicting from the bottom of heart for his sensitive to Chinese people that attracted the audience more.

Obviously, it is Chinese culture (regardless of what motives) protected and nurture the Chinese artists and allow them to flourish. Chinese artists in the late twentieth century, we believe, have distinct advantages over their U.S. counterparts. As the basic training they accepted in China combined with the work ethic of the traditional culture, so many Chinese artists’ artistic level has achieved a new height of the American artists.

About Artist Shang Ding:

Mr. Shang Ding was born in 1954, origins from Hebei province.

Brief Career:

1970 – enlistment in the armed forces;
1973 – to participate in Fine Arts Course of the whole army and took instructions from artist He Kongde;
1975 ~1977 – studies in the Central Academy of Fine Arts with the recommendation of the troops, and took instructions from artist Jin Shangyi, Lin Gang, and Mr. Luo erchun;
1978 – admitted to study at the oil painting department of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, and taught by artist Quan Shanshi., after graduation he taught at the Fine Arts Department of the PLA Art Academy for eight years;
1988 – with invitation of American artist Mr. Qiabo, artist Shang Ding travelled to USA and living in America so far.
Now artist Shang Ding is living in California, USA, and acts as a free artist.

Representive Works:

Oil painting work “Continuous Fighting”

Oil painting work “En Route” (cooperation) won a Bronze Prize at the 6th National Art Exhibition;

Oil Painting work “For the Motherland’s Peace” won the Second Prize at the 2nd National Youth Art Exhibition.

Publications:

2001: “Delicate Balance” on magazine “USA South-West Art”

2000: “Contemporary Realism” USA Denver Art Museum

1999: “World Language” on magazine “USA South-West Art”

1997: “Chinese Link” on magazine “USA South-West Art”

1996: “Shang Ding” on USA art magazine “Stone Shoes”

1994: “Chinese Artists in USA” on USA Art Review

1989: “Shang Ding” on USA Newspaper “Western Art of Living”

1988: “Seeking in Life” on the PLA Pictorial special press of the 50th Anniversary for Army-Establishment.

* Original resource: Oil Painting Online – A Stupendous Art World with Excellent Chinese Oil Painting Artist

Posted in People Oil Painting | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment