Text / Lin Minghua | Master of Fujian radio and television Southeast station
Chen Xinsheng has been painted blue and green traditional landscape painting almost ten years. Chen Xinsheng said, he wants to paint blue and green traditional landscape painting for his whole life.
What’s the charm of blue and green traditional landscape painting actually? Make a talented painter how much obsessed in his prime, dedicated all his life.
Chen Xinsheng | 《Secluded spring and mountain dwelling》| 136x68cm | heavy color blue and green traditional landscape | 2009
Blue and green traditional landscape painting is the oldest one in Chinese painting, it originated from the Han Dynasty murals, formed in the flourishing Tang Dynasty. The pigment of blue and green traditional landscape painting made from mineral (azurite, mineral green, stones etc.), the primary color is blue and green.
Blue and green traditional landscape painting is often huge, bright in color, gorgeous and solemn, blue and green traditional landscape painting has decorative, is the necessary ornament of the central scroll in the ancient halls and guesthouses, accepted good graces and loves of high officials and noble lords in past dynasties. So that, some experts said, blue and green traditional landscape painting is real traditional Chinese painting, blue and green traditional landscape painting is the representative of Chinese painting.
Chen Xinsheng | 《Green mountains and rivers》| 58x37cm | Sector |2014
But the material of blue and green traditional painting is expensive, consume more works and spend more times, more difficult. Painting blue and green landscape must draw the outline a stroke by a stroke, paint color one time by one time. a slight size blue and green landscape painting, at least more than a month, more big size need paint three and five months, this kind of poor and loneliness, those quick benefits youth painters can’t bear that.
Many successful painters In the history, mostly consume mental and physical efforts in blue and green landscape painting, also practice very hard. Near modern famous painter Zhang Daqian, Huang Binhong, Huang Shanshou, Wu Hufan, Xie Zhiliu……all masters of blue and green landscape painting. because blue and green landscape painting consume works and waste times, the price of his blue and green landscape painting is higher than other paintings twice. If adept ask them paint a golden and green landscape, the price is more expensive than other blue and green landscape painting twice. Therefore, if a friend send you a blue and green landscape painting, you should be treasured, because this is a expensive present.
Chen Xinsheng | 《Tea perfume and new rhymes》| 180x90cm｜heavy color blue and green landscape painting | 2011
The Fujian painter is related with the blue and green landscape painting specially. Old painter, former vice chairmen of Chinese artists association Yang Qiyu was major in blue and green landscape painting, in the early stage of the reform, the time of a thousand things wait to be done, his golden and green landscape painting is famous in the country.
At the present, the most successful, the most expensive price of painting, the middle age painter, dean of provincial painting academy Lin Rongsheng, is also good at blue and green landscape painting. even Lin Rongsheng’s work has wide innovation and change in the traditional basis, and the theme is special and unique, but insider is still regarding his works as blue and green landscape painting.
Chen Xinsheng | 25x25cm | Round fan | Blue and green landscape | 2014
Chen Xinsheng is Lin Rongsheng’s student. In earlier years, Chen Xinsheng’s work very like teacher Lin Rongsheng’s work, some critics said, once look at the work, you know Chen Xinsheng is Lin Rongsheng’s student.
This let Chen Xinsheng pleased with oneself, but also anxious and fearful. The joy is their success or not enough. The worry is that "like" means that he does not form a personality. If he does not actively innovation, all his life can only be a “Lin Rongsheng student".
The formation of personality is composed of two parts, the innovation of consciousness skill, and the renewal of subject matter.
In order to learn widely from others' strong points, formed its own personality. Chen Xinsheng made a special trip to Beijing, joined the Ministry of culture modern fine brushwork painting landscape creation class, learned from the blue and green landscape painting master Qi Enjin. After a period of study, the line has changed, paint more bold color, and gradually formed its own simple magnificent and stylish fresh style.
Careful Chen Xinsheng found that Lin Rongsheng teacher is able to achieve so much success. In addition to his highly personal style of writing skills and innovation, one of the main factors is the theme of breakthrough. Can be said to be the hometown scenery has raised the artist of the genius, Fujian Tulou, the white walls and black tiles of three alleys and seven lanes created a unique style of Lin Rongsheng.
Chen Xinsheng | 《Green mountains clouds moving》| 90x32cm｜Blue and green landscape | 2013
Chen Xinsheng finally realized, imitation of nature, that is the best way to form their own style. Thus, Chen Xinsheng spents more time back to his hometown to go outing and sketching. tea mountains of
hometown, gallery bridges of hometown more and more appear in his paintings. An inherited traditional technique, a prominent teacher guidance, a suburb in the homeland natural essence nourishing, is about to well-known in the world new blue and green landscape painter is breeding and growing.